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The Rattlin' Bog - Field Course for Teachers

For Release 5th May 2000

20 teachers from Galway, Clare, Mayo and Roscommon are about to find out just what's in the rattlin' bog down in the valley o! on a special training course on bogs, to be held at the Anno Santo Hotel, Threadneedle Road, Galway on Saturday next, the 13th May 2000.

This is the fifth year of the course which is hosted by the Galway Teachers' Centre. Teachers on the course will come close to walking on water as they squelch across the heather hummocks, the mossy pools and the flushed fens of Cloona Bog, just off the Tuam road outside Galway. This is an area of cutaway bog which has a rich variety of habitats and wildlife with up to 200 species of plant, animal and bird present in the bog. The trip will be led by Dr Catherine O'Connell of the Irish Peatland Conservation Council.

The aim of the course is to provide teachers with the resources and expertise they need to introduce bog studies to their students. Each teacher will receive a special field studies guide to bogs and information about IPCC's web site where they can extend their knowledge of bogs world wide.

The course is funded by the Department of Education
In-Career Development Unit and the European Social Fund.

Further information from IPCC at 119 Capel Street, Dublin 1, Tel 01-8722 397 or Galway Teacher's Centre Tel. 091-753 507.

IPCC - Action for Bogs - Ag caomhnu na bportach

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