Seamus Corcoran is Chair of the Lemanaghan Heritage and Bog Conservation Group and we invited him to be one of our guest speakers at the Bogland - between the sights of the sun - International Bog Day event on July 26 2025 in the National Library. Seamus is a local historian who shared the rich heritage and archeology of his place, and the story of the early Christian treasures which have been found buried and preserved in the bog there. 
Lemanaghan community has a long running campaign to oppose the proposed BnM wind farm on Lemanaghan which was a cut peatlands bog under Bord na Móna. For Seamus and many of his neighbours in the area the land there has already contributed enough, has been harvested enough, and they wish to see it conserved and the archaeological riches that may be buried within the bog preserved and saved. 
In this audio version of the presentation by Seamus - Helen Shaw - Tóchar Stories curator introduces him to the live audience in the Seamus Heaney Listen Now Again exhibition venue space and starts by asking him about what the bog and the concept of the boglands means to him.
To find out more about Tóchar go to https://www.tocharwetlands.ie/tochar-stories/ 
Tóchar is a Wetlands restoration project in the Midlands of Ireland co-funded by Irish Government and the EU under the Just Transition Programme in Ireland. It is managed by NPWS through the Dept of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 
You can find out more about Lemanaghan through some videos that also feature Seamus and tell the story :https://youtu.be/emrm_H78iFc?si=ur1Gw3lFO0PGHJpp

Seamus Corcoran - Lemanaghan Bog  -  Bogland Presentation July  26 2025

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Pantisocracy - The Panti Personals is a child of #Pantisocracy - intimate one to one conversations between Panti Bliss and her guest, with unique performances. 
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