Bord na Móna (lit. Peat Board) is a semi-state company in the Republic of Ireland, created in 1946 by the Turf Development Act, 1946 (http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1946_10.html). The company is responsible for the mechanised harvesting of peat, primarily in the Midlands of Ireland. Extensive bogland is exploited in County Offaly and County Westmeath, mainly the Bog of Allen. The company was originally established in 1933 as the Turf Development Board, Limited, to manage this relatively plentiful natural resource. During WWII it was necessary to stockpile peat as a fuel, as coal was in short supply, – this cemented the drive for mechanised peat harvesting. Literally a public company is a company owned by the public. ... Foundation may be: the founding of an institution. ... A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. ... In geography, location is a position or point in physical space expressed relative to the position of another point or thing. ... Newbridge (An Droichead Nua in Irish) is a town in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, near the midlands of Ireland. ... County Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of County Dublin in the province of Leinster. ... A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. ... An industry is generally any grouping of businesses that share a common method of generating profits, such as the movie industry, the automobile industry, or the cattle industry. It is also used specifically to refer to an area of economic production focused on manufacturing which involves large amounts of upfront... In marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a want or need. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ... Peat in Lewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetable matter. ... The Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. ... A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. ... Virgin boreal acid bogs at Browns Lake Bog, Ohio A bog is a wetland type that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material. ... County Offaly (Irish: Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Laois, and Tipperary. ... County Westmeath (An Iarmhí in Irish) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in the western part of the province of Leinster. ... The Bog of Allen is a large peat bog in the centre of Ireland (namely County Offaly, County Kildare and others). ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

Peat was traditionally manually harvested by operating cutaway bogs. This method (still privately used today) consists of sods being vertically cut from the side face of a peat deposit. Technology was derived to mechanically cut and remove layers of peat from blanket bogs. Today equipment is used to remove tonnes of peat each day at suitable times of year (rainfall is a significant variable in peat harvesting).

Bord na Móna have developed a number of products which were novel developments in their time. Today peat briquettes replace sods of raw peat as a domestic fuel. These briquettes consist of shredded peat, compressed to form a virtually smokeless (once lit), slow-burning, easily stored and transported fuel. Another product developed was peat moss, a combination of peat and earth for use in the garden - particularly to pot plants. The company also supply the remaining peat to power stations of the Electricity Supply Board. A briquette (or briquet) is a block of flammable matter, such as escaillage, which can be used to start a fire. ... A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... ESB Logo The Electricity Supply Board (ESB), (Irish: Bord Soláthar Leictreachais) often called ESB Ireland to differentiate it with US utilities, is responsible for generating most of the electricity in the Republic of Ireland. ...

An extensive network of narrow gauge railway is operated by the company in the midlands. It is often taken up and relaid as various plots are harvested or left aside. Some smaller sections of railway are used in other bog locations, for example in County Donegal. Bord na Móna has an extensive 1200 miles 3 ft network, which has carried up to 5 million tons annually, and is larger than the main network (passenger and freight) operated by Iarnród Éireann. Bord na Móna has one of the largest industrial railways in Europe. Part of the old railway in Clonmacnoise, County Offaly is now the Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway (colloquially the "Bog Train") having been set up to give the public a tour around part of the bog. Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... For other uses, see Donegal (disambiguation) Donegal ( Irish: Dún na nGall) is a county in the northwest of Ireland. ... See mile - unit of measurement (distance) Miles Aircraft Ltd - UK manufacturer of light and military aircraft Miles Tails Prower Miles Davis was an American jazz composer and trumpeter and was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century. ... This article is about a foot as a biological structure. ... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 wine gallons, which holds approximately 2100 pounds of water. ... For rail transport in Great Britain see rail transport in Great Britain Rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. ... 1994: Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann (IÉ; in English Irish Rail), is the largest passenger railway system in Ireland. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... County Offaly (Irish: Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Laois, and Tipperary. ...

The company are responsible, under government action, for reclaiming spent bogland. These areas of land are usually cleared up, with trees or other suitable vegetation being introduced. Reclaimed bogland is then usually used as a wildlife preserve. Much of the bogs of Ireland have been depleted, it is likely that most peat fired electricity stations will be closed within 25 years, Rhode Power Station near Kilbeggan, County Westmeath had its cooling towers demolished on March 16, 2004 as it was no longer viable. A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... Kilbeggan (Irish: Cill Bheagáin) is a town located in County Westmeath, Ireland. ... County Westmeath (An Iarmhí in Irish) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in the western part of the province of Leinster. ... Cooling towers are structures for cooling water or other working medium to near-ambient temperature. ...

See Also

• List of Irish companies

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External link

• Official site - Bord na Móna (http://www.bnm.ie)