Peat turf production, near Athlone, Ireland - 29th May 2023 - See Description for extensive links!!

The peat turf production in this video was carried out near the derelict Moydrum Castle, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland. A picture of the castle is featured on the cover of U2's 'The Unforgettable Fire' album.
Nearby is the site of the, now disused, RTE radio transmitter which contains a Marconi Medium Wave radio transmitter that was installed in 1932. This transmitter is the oldest of it's type, in Europe, still in it's original location.
U2's 'The Unforgettable Fire' album. • The Unforgettable Fire
Moydrum Castle
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Radio Documentuary - Athlone Calling, Athlone Community Radio
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Athlone Radio transmitting station
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Athlone Radio transmitting station (6th August 2020)
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Fiat 110 90 turf cutting Inishowen, Donegal (28th May 2023)
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[@danwebb4418]

Greata I invite you to come and sit by a turf fire in an Irish cottage and appreciate a roaring turf fire and a big mug of Barrys tea....How dare she refuse the invite....Long live the turf cutters...

[@paulbergin5903]

Jasus lads, isn't that a beautiful sight, god bless the bogs and the people who farm them,

[@marianoonan7257]

So this is what Eamon Ryan does on his days off ,, he cuts turf , this is his hobby saving turf , well done Eamon

[@brianruane8505]

I spent my early childhood with my father - using a machine not very different from the one shown: I recently returned to see the place where we cut turf - and I'm glad to say that the bog remains fully intact and nobody takes any turf from it. I also saw a bog totally used up near where I lived there - its now grazing land for a herd of cows! According to the scientific community, these bogs are environmentally very important - so I hope they remain intact. There are other, and better ways, to heat a home!

[@maddog160678]

Totally agree with you

[@paulduffy4319]

Well done the turf cutters keep on cutting

[@maddog160678]

Boo

[@dougcarroll9623]

Keep her lit

[@mikekavanagh8952]

Now we importing Briquetts from Germany and Moss Peat from Lithuania and Wood Chip from Brazil, Great Leadership and their EU Directives,

[@gearoiddom]

It's utter madness Mike. We are governed by pigheaded fools.

[@angelagaffey8767]

Spent my youth on bog with 2 brothers and mother. Great taste on food on bog.😂

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Crazy machine, when I was a boy I help to take from a turf cutter, spear the newly cut turf, later save the turf, bring it off the bog and onto the side of the road, and help to stack it, and later carry the tried turf home in baskets loaded on a donkey. It was not easy work for a young boy but I never complained.

[@HamOnHill]

It was backbreaking work but essential for families to stay warm in the winter. How our country has changed...

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

@@HamOnHill what you say is true, when my family talk about the old day working on the bog, we often talk about the homemade sandwiches and the bottle of cold sweep tea and if we were very lucky a packet of the best USA assorted biscuits

[@kentonnur]

Where are the eco loons? Too far from central London to protest ?

[@MrDerbee]

Harvesting Ireland's God-given sustainable fuel. But the planet worshippers want to keep us cold and in the dark.

[@chrisjohnson4666]

It's actually worse than that they want many of us gone... They actually believe half the population or more needs to go... They even admit it...

[@tomasdevine7756]

Use timber and coal usually but coal is a luxury at this stage. Should buy a heap of this tbh.

[@jopjop5533]

As island nation self dependency is very important as can be shown by the war in ukraine causing heating oil,gas and electricity to become unaffordable and scarce for alot of people.

[@PenDragonsPig]

If it was next to free I would use it. I don't know if anybody else has noticed but saving the planet depends on what corporations and the third world do. We're doomed- in the meantime enjoy peat in hearth n garden.

[@susanmoriarty7533]

Great machine but put a lot of men out of work at least all the newcomers will be warm 💚

[@christopherlavelle5388]

Was it sold yet

[@JERRYRIG432]

Hi, what is it used for

[@HamOnHill]

The peat is damp when the machine extrudes it into the 'sod' shape that you see on the video. The sods dry naturally in the sun and wind. The final product is used for fuel in domestic fires. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat

[@HamOnHill]

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/12/like-an-oilwell-in-your-back-yard-irish-turn-to-cutting-peat-to-save-on-energy-bills

[@annedonnellan6876]

Imo worshipp8ng gaia is pagan

[@Tom-bp6no]

Ireland has a rich pagan history.
Tracked machines in bogs isn't part of it.

[@hector7187]

How could u do this to the environment. You're changing the climate😮😮😮

[@gearoiddom]

What change? Ireland was wet and cool. Ireland IS wet and cool. Turn off RTE and open a window to reality.