Bord na Móna (Irish: [ˌbˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ nˠə ˈmˠoːnˠə]; English: "The Peat Board") is a semi-state company in Ireland, created in 1946 by the Turf Development...
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Tom Rolt (locomotive) (section Bord na Móna)
Andrew Barclay locomotive built in 1949 for Bord na Móna. The engine began life working for the Bord na Móna. This is a semi-state company in Ireland, created...
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Glenties (section Bord na Móna)
Real IRA at a remote cottage near Derryloaghan, 8 km from Glenties. Bord na Móna bought 1,200 acres (490 ha) of bog in 1937 to be drained and cut for...
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Róiste, Daithí (5 October 2015). "Bord na Móna announces biggest change of land use in modern Irish history". Bord na Móna. Archived from the original on...
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Laois, and Westmeath. Peat is mechanically harvested on a large scale by Bórd na Móna,[citation needed] the government-owned peat production industry. The...
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near Cashel in County Laois, Ireland. He was found on 10 August 2011 by Bord na Móna employee Jason Phelan from Abbeyleix. The body was a young adult male...
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2017. de Róiste, Daithí. "Bord na Móna announces biggest change of land use in modern Irish history". Bord na Móna. Bord na Móna. Retrieved 6 October 2015...
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the Bog of Allen, cultivated for peat for fuel consumption purposes by Bórd na Móna, the government-owned peat production industry and for garden plant soil...
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Many people traditionally found work in Bord na Móna and the bogs in what is now a declining industry. Bord na Móna remains an important part of the local...
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Republic, this became the responsibility of a semi-state company called Bord na Móna. In addition to domestic uses, commercially extracted turf is used in...
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