Bog of Allen - Croghan Hill, Offaly, in the distance

The Bog of Allen (Móin Alúine in Irish) is a large peat bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Liffey and Shannon. Croghan Hill is the remains of an extinct volcano and rises from the Bog of Allen in the midlands of Ireland in County Offaly. Peat is an accumulation of partially Decayed Vegetation matter. A bog or mire is a Wetland type that accumulates Acidic Peat, a deposit of dead plant material &ndash usually Mosses but also Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Liffey ( An Life in Irish) is a River in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. The River Shannon ( Sionainn or Sionna in Irish) is at 386 km (240 miles the longest river in Ireland. The Irish Peatland Conservation Council describes the bog as "an important area of peatland, as much a part of Irish natural heritage as the Book of Kells. The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC is a national organisation established in 1982 to conserve and protect a representative sample of Irish bogs " The bog, however, is in danger now after centuries of agricultural exploitation and recent encroachments by development. Efforts are underway to save the bog and preserve its fragile ecological state. The bog's 958 square kilometers (370 square miles) stretch into County Offaly, County Meath, County Kildare, County Laois, and County Westmeath. County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí is a County in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath County Meath (Contae na Mí is a county in Ireland, often informally called The Royal County County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara is an Irish County located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. County Laois (liːʃ Contae Laoise in Irish) formerly also Laoighis or Leix, is a County in the midlands of Ireland, County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmhí is a County situated in the Irish midlands, also popularly called the "Lake county" in the western part of the province Peat is mechanically harvested on a large scale by Bórd na Móna, the government-owned peat production industry. Bord na Móna ( lit Peat Board is a semi-state company in the Ireland, created in 1946 by the Turf Development Act 1946 The area has miles of narrow gauge industrial railways for transporting turf to processing plants and turf powered power plants. A narrow gauge railway (or narrow gauge railroad) is a Railway that has a Track gauge narrower than the of Standard gauge railways An industrial railway is a type of private Railway used exclusively to serve a particular industrial site either entirely within a mine or Factory A power station (also referred to as generating station, power plant or powerhouse) is an industrial facility for the generation of In addition, the cutover portions are used as area for grazing. The bog is crossed by the Grand Canal and the Royal canal (this section of the Royal is no longer used). The Grand Canal (An Chanáil Mhór is the southernmost of a pair of Canals that connect Dublin, in the east of the country with the River Shannon in the The Royal Canal (An Chanáil Ríoga is a canal originally built for freight and passenger transportation from the River Liffey at Dublin to the River Shannon

See also

• Geography of Ireland

External links

• Irish Peatland Conservation Council

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