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The following is a list bog and environmental groups that may interest you.

Individuals & Groups with an interest in bogs - contact addresses:

• Archaeology of Peatlands, c/o Mrs B Coles, Department of History & Archaeology, The University, Exeter, EX4 4QH, England. Tel. 01392-860125 Fax 01392-861095
• Ardkill Bog, c/o Aideen & Cecil Potterton, Carbury, Co Kildare. Tel 045-53009. Bog tours for school groups and private parties by arrangement.
• Bog Bodies, c/o Dr Raghnaill O Floinn, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel +353-1-6777444
• Bord Fáilte, Baggot Street Bridge, Dublin 2. Tel. 01 6765871.
• Bord na Móna, (The Turf Development Board), Main Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Tel. 045 39000 e-mail: by clicking here or visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.bnm.ie Updated 16.11.1998
• British Ecological Society - Mires Research Group, The Secretary, Mr Roger Meade, English Nature, 2nd Floor Bullring House, Northgate, Wakefield WF1 3BJ, England. Tel. 0191 - 281 - 6316 Fax 0191 - 281 - 6305
• Bulrush Peat Company Ltd., Newferry Road, Bellaghy, Co. Derry. Tel. 08 064 886811.
• Burns Bog Conservation Society, 202-11961 88th Avenue, Delta, B.C. V4C 3C9, Canada Tel. 604-572-0373 Fax 604-572-0374 e-mail: by clicking here or visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.burnsbog.org
• Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway, Bord na MOna, Blackwater, Shannonbridge, Athlone, Co Westmeath. Tel 0905-74114 or 74172 or 74121 Fax 0905-74210
• Coillte Teoranta, (Irish Forestry Board), Spruce House, Leeson Lane, Dublin 2. Tel. 01 6615666.
• Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre, Kenagh, Co Longford. Tel 043-22386 or during the winter 01-661 3111
• Ceide Fields Visitor Centre, Ballycastle, Co Mayo. Tel 096-43325 Fax 096 43261
• Celtic Roots Studio, The Old Schoolhouse, Ballinahown, Athlone, Co Westmeath. Tel. 0902 30405 Fax 0902 30405 e-mail: by clicking here or visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.celticroots.ie
• Conservation of the Artic Char in Ireland. Learn more about the aims of the group and this fish at their website.
• Dragonfly Survey of Ireland. Learn all about dragonflies and take part in this years national survey of dragonflies and their habitats at their website.
• Dutch Foundation for the Conservation of Irish Bogs, c/o Drs Matthijs Schouten, Lijnmarkt 30 - I, 3511 KJ Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Forest Service, Department of Agriculture Northern Ireland, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB. Tel. 0232 656768/656986.
• Forest Service, Department of Energy, Spruce House, Leeson Lane, Dublin 2. Tel. 01 6763636.
• Friends of Burns Bog & Peatlands Society, a group established to ensure the long term conservation and management of Burns Bog in British Columbia.
  Contact them at: 8227 111B Street, Delta BC, V4C 4TE, Canada. Tel: 604-540-6679
  e-mail: by clicking here or visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.friendsofburnsbog.org
• International Mire Conservation Group, The Secretary, Dr Michael Steiner, University of Vienna, Institute of Plant Physiology, Box 285, A-1091 Vienna, Austria Tel +43-131-336-1417 Fax +43-131-336-776 e-mail: by clicking here. Or visit their web site (still under construction) by clicking here - http://ibs.uel.ac.uk/imcg/
• Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, Department of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. Tel. +353-1-7068729 web: http://www.ucd.ie/~archdata/IAWU.html
• Irish Deer Society - visit their web site by clicking here - http://uk.geocities.com/sikamick2002/Irish_Deer_Society.html
• Henry Doubleday Research Association, National Centre for Organic Gardening, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3LG, United Kingdom. Tel. 0203 303517. e-mail: by clicking here. Or visit their web site (still under construction) by clicking here - http://www.hdra.org.uk/
• Mysteries of the Bog Exhibition, USA, c/o Ms Christine Mingus, Association of Science-Technology Centres, 1025 Vermont Avenue, Suite 500, Washington DC, 20005. Tel. 202/783-7200 fax. 202/783-7207 e-mail: by clicking here
• National Parks and Wildlife Service, c/o Ms Catriona Douglas or Mr Jim Ryan, Office of Public Works, 51 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel. 01 6613111.
• Peatlands Park, The Warden, 33 Derryhubbert Road, Dungannon, BT71 6NW, Northern Ireland. Tel 080-1-762-851102
• Peat Producers Association, c/o Bury House, 126-128 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4ET Tel. 071 3734537
• Peatland World Museum, Lullymore, Co Kildare. Tel 045-860133 Fax. 045-860481
• Royal Society for Nature Conservation, The Wildlife Trusts Partnership, The Green, Witham Park, Waterside South, Lincoln, LN5 7JR, England. Tel. 0522 752326.
• Save Roundstone Bog Group For more information, contact: Tim Robinson, Save Roundstone Bog, c/o Folding Landscapes, Roundstone, Co. Galway. Tel. 095 35886, Fax 095 35974. Email: tandmfl@iol.ie or visit their web site by clicking here - http://gofree.indigo.ie/~wirl/roundstone/bog.htm
• Scottish Wildlife Trust, c/o Dr Rob Stoneman, Cramond House, Cramond Glebe Road, Kirkcramond, Edinburgh, EH4 6MS, SCotland. Tel. 0131 312 7765 Fax 0131 312 8705.
• The Turlough Research Group. Learn maore about these fascinating disappearing lakes at their website.
• Anne Stahl Irish artists working on the theme of boglands. Her work can be seen at the ArtStore, 56 South William Street, Dublin 2. Visit her web site and see a selection of work at http://www.clubi.ie/stahl/index.htm by clicking here.
• Walnut Books, The Hollies, Castletown, Enniskeane, Co Cork. Tel: 023 47001. Hands-on books for hands-on people cobvering many aspects of sustainability including permaculture, renewable energy, organics, green buildling etc. Email: info@walnutbooks.com or visit their web site by clicking here - www.walnutbooks.com
• World Wide Fund for Nature (U.K.), Panda House, Weyside Park, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1XR, England. Tel. 0483 426444
  

Irish environmental NGO contact addresses:

• An Taisce (The National Trust), Tailors Hall, Back Lane, Dublin 8. Tel. 01 541786. e-mail: by clicking here - info@antaisce.org Web site just click here - www.antaisce.org
• An óige (Irish Youth Hostelling Association), 61 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 7. Tel. 01 304555.
• Burren Action Group, established as a local response to oppose plans to develop a large scale interpretative centre at Mullaghmore in the Burren, Co Clare. Visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.iol.ie/~burrenag/
• Conservation Volunteers Ireland, P.O. Box 3836, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Tel. 01 6681844.
• Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland, The Pavilion, Cherryvale Park, Ravenhill Road, Belfast. BT6 0BZ. Tel. 0232 645169.
• Cospóir (National Sports Council), Hawkins House, Dublin 2. Tel. 01 8734700.
• Crann, Banagher, Co. Offaly. Visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.crann.ie. e-mail: by clicking here
• Department of the Environment, Custom House, Dublin 1. Tel. 01 6793377.
• Department of the Environment Northern Ireland, Countryside and Wildlife Branch, Calvert House, 23 Castle Place, Belfast BT1 1FY. Tel. 0232 230560.
• Earthwatch, Harbour View, Bantry, County Cork / 7 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2. Tel. 027 50968/51283. e-mail: by clicking here
• ENFO - The Environmental Information Service, 17 St. Andrew Street, Dublin 2. Tel. 01 6793144.
• EOLAS - The Irish Science & Technology Agency, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Tel. 01 370101.
• Friends of the Irish Environment, a grassroots network of Irish Environmental Groups with a stong interest in reform of Irish planning laws. Visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.anu.ie/wirl/friends/home.htm
• Greenpeace - 44 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2. Tel 01 6619836, Tel. 6605258, e-mail: by clicking here
• Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association, 14 Berkeley Road, Dublin 7. Tel. 01 307996.
• Irish Peatland Conservation Council 119 Capel Street, Dublin 1. Tel& Fax. 01 8722397, Tel. 8722384, e-mail: by clicking here
• BirdWatch Ireland - IWC, Ruttledge House, 8 Longford Place, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. Tel. 01 2804322, e-mail: by clicking here Visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/
• Irish Wildlife Trust (formerly the Irish Wildlife Federation) 3 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, e-mail: by clicking here
• Network of Irish Environmental and Development Organisations (NIEDO) - http://www.iol.ie/~woodlife/niedo.htm
• Wood of Life 113 Arden Vale, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Tel/Fax 0506-51633 e-mail: by clicking here Visit their web site by clicking here - http://www.iol.ie/~woodlife
• National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Public Works, 51 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2. Tel. 01 6613111.
• National Trust, The, Rowallane, Saintfield, BT24 7LH. Tel. 0238 510721.
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Belvoir Park Forest, Belfast BT8 4QT. Tel. 0232 491547.
• Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Castle Espie, 78 Ballydrain Road, Comber, Co. Down. Tel. 0247 874146.
• Wild Ireland - http://www.wildireland.ie e-mail: by clicking here

Global environmental NGO contacts:

• Action Without Borders - http://www.idealist.org
• The Amazing Environmental Organisation Webdirectory - http://www.webdirectory.com/
• Victoria's Network - VICNET List of worldwide environmental groups e-mail: by clicking here - http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/Adrian/environ.htm
• Environmental Organisations on-line with the Envirolink Network - http://envirolink.org/org/index.html