Programme 

This Broadcast is an audio deep map sharing some of the stories, chats, sounds, and voices from Ardee Bog, shared alongside some of the writing and ideas we’ve been thinking about in the process of Deep Mapping Ardee Bog.

Pat Kavanagh on eels and bogs 1min

Adrian reads a bit of Pat, a great man for the turf.

Pat Conlon on Farming and Nature 11mins 

Pat Conlon reflects on a life lived on Ardee Bog. 

Frank McCourt on Turf Men and Turf Houses 11mins 

Frank McCourt talks about the last Turf House on Ardee Bog. 

A Cure for a World that Ails us 2mins 

Clare Carvill on her research, connecting to the past and co-production. 

Twelve Mins of Richard Tinniswood’s Bees 12 mins

Ten minutes of bee sounds recorded inside Richard Tinniswood’s Bee Hives on Ardee Bog. 

Fionn McCools Favourite Nature Sounds 3mins 

Gaelic warrior and ecologist Fionn McCool tells us about his favourite nature sounds. 

The Deserted Home 2mins 

Medieval Gaelic Poem

The Bog is a Cabinet of Curiosity 3mins 

Researcher, artist and peatland community organiser Kate Flood reflects on making sense of the world. 

How to Make a Piseog 3mins 

Folk Magic on Ardee Bog in 1895. 

A Madness in the Blood 2mins

Kate Flood on knowledge and Bertram Russel 

Nancy of the Pistreogs 1mins 

A folk story from Ardee Bog

Mud People 20mins

There’s something going on, on Ardee Bog. Paul Callan investigates. 

Bog Body Oddy Oddy Oddy 20mins 

Infamous Bog Body, Fanny Split McGee, invites you to loose yourself and dance. Bog Revery. Ethereal Madness. 

Featuring work by Paul Callan, Helen Flanagan, Fanny Split McGee, field recordings by Dean McDonnell, chats with Kate Flood and Clare Carvill, and the voices of Bryony Archer, Eolan Aiken, Adrian Crawley, Alec Moore, Andy Edgar and other people involved in our Turf House Project.