Allen Area Historical & Heritage Group Turf Cutting 2023

Filmed in Ballyteague bog Co Kildare for Allen Area Historical & heritage Group, this video gives an idea of how Irish Families cut turf (Peat) with Tools called Sleáns which were used to extract the Peat or Turf placed on Bog Barrows spread out to dry and eventually drawn home by Ass and carts to the Family homes to be used as a heat and cooking source for Hundreds of years. https://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zo...