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'Restoring Cavan's Boglands', to be launched later today

Oct 24, 2023 10:50 By News Northern Sound
'Restoring Cavan's Boglands', to be launched later today
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The boglands project aims to encourage landowners to restore their boglands.

A new 10-month project 'Restoring Cavan's Boglands', which is a Creative Climate Action project, will launch this evening at Kildallan Community Centre near Ballyconnell.

An introductory talk and Q&A will get underway at 8:30pm.

Project leader, composer Ian Wilson, is seeking to engage with communities, landowners, and interested individuals through three social information events and three educational field trips to restored boglands across Ireland.

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The boglands project aims to encourage landowners to restore their boglands. The first event will feature a short presentation by hydrologist/ecologist Francis Mackin, an expert in Irish boglands, with contributions by Heather Bothwell, a local biodiversity expert and member of West Cavan Bogs Association.

In tandem with the project, Mr Wilson will create a series of field recordings, documenting in sound the changing states of different west Cavan boglands. These recordings will be turned into a piece of music with the addition of live musicians, which will be performed next summer.

The Restoring Cavan's Boglands project is open to people from all across Co Cavan interested in finding out more about bogland. To register your interest you can email: [email protected] or visit West Cavan Bogs Association on Facebook for updates.

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