It's the luck of the draw if the land owner where your plot of bog is easy dealt with. Most bog is part of working farms, and if a farmer has had a problem with people leaving gates open, leaving rubbish behind, or scaring animals, you'll probably be held to a higher standard of care than others would be.

Sometimes you get lucky and the land owner(s, in case of commanage) doesn't currently farm the land, so there's no gates to accidentally leave open, no fences to damage and no animals to be mindful of.

If you live in a house more than a century old, check the Deeds, your plot of bog will be marked on it. If your house is less than a century old, try and find out if you can get a glimpse of your parents/grandparents/great grand uncle three times removed house deeds.

Most plots of bog are abandoned these days, but if you just start cutting turf without some proof of a claim to it, you're pretty much stealing and the landowner can give you a lot of hassle at the drop of a hat

Often thought about the similarities:

"The Song of Amergin Glúingel"
(The words of the first Milesian Brehon to set foot in Ireland)

I am the wind on the sea;
I am the wave of the sea;
I am the bull of seven battles;
I am the eagle on the rock
I am a flash from the sun;
I am the most beautiful of plants;
I am a strong wild boar;
I am a salmon in the water;
I am a lake in the plain;
I am the word of knowledge;
I am the head of the spear in battle;
I am the god that puts fire in the head;
Who spreads light in the gathering on the hills?
Who can tell the ages of the moon?
Who can tell the place where the sun rests?

Sections of the "Lorica of Saint Patrick"
(legend says he transformed into Deer while he chanted this, on his way to meet the high king Laogaire, to avoid being killed)

"I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.
...
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation"

Richard O'Donoghue, Independent TD for Limerick, speaking at the haulier protest today near Dublin Port.

"Eamon Ryan came to Limerick down on a train but his ministerial car came down the road and burned fuel.

"He's out of touch with reality. Any person who could say in the time of a pandemic 'let's paint the back of the house and grow lettuce on the south facing windows'...this is a Minister of State!

"And then he wanted anyone outside of Dublin, he wanted us to all have 30 cars for 3,000 people, and we could all commute together.

"But I can't understand why the likes of the RTÉs don't stand up for everyone. Look at your shelf prices. Is it because of the funding and the salaries that they're on that they don't understand it?"

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Bill Gates owns the most farmland in America, John Magnier owns the most farmland in Ireland, and in England the biggest farmland owner is the guy who started Dyson hoovers

Going up around the country......