Eamon de Valera’s Support of the Bog Development Scheme

When Todd Andrews took charge of the Turf Development Board in 1934, Eamon de Valera made sure to inform Andrews of the importance which he…

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Computer Technology

Bord na Móna has always sought to use the latest accounting technology.

In 1949 it installed its first Hollerith punched card equipment, in 1959 it…

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St. Patrick’s Day

On and around St Patrick’s Day was traditionally the time that Bord na Móna would start production of sod turf by rolling out the baggers…

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Different Uses of Peat

There were a number of miscellaneous uses of peat in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which are of some historical interest.

In 1849 the…

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Housing

With all the discussions about housing today, people may not know that in the past Bord na Móna built houses for its employees.

From the…

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Welcome to Bord na Móna Living History

The Bord na Móna Heartland website and Facebook page was launched in 2011 to share the unique history and heritage of Bord na Móna and…

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