placenamesCarrowbehy
Ceathrú Bheithí
The Carrowbehy area is closely associated with the raised bog shared with Caher, where conservation has become an important part of recent local history.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ceathrú Bheithí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Carrowbehy · English · main form
Place & story
The raised bog and its restoration
Carrowbehy/Caher Bog developed between low drumlin hills near the headwaters of the River Suck. Its protected area covers about 343 hectares, with pools, moss hummocks and wetter channels across several distinct lobes. Part of the bog has spread around a drumlin. The Living Bog project records almost 1,100 dams installed between November 2019 and March 2020 to restore wetter conditions. Old peat-cutting faces remain around the margins, recording earlier use of the bog alongside its later conservation. [2]
A conservation handover in 1990
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 29 August 1990 records Carrowbehy Bog’s transfer from Bord na Móna into conservation management, alongside All Saints Bog near Birr. Minister of State Ger Connolly accepted the sites from Bord na Móna chairman Brendan Halligan. The report placed the handover within a wider peatland conservation programme partly funded by the European Community. It marks a documented stage in the change from the bog’s potential economic exploitation to protection for its ecology. [3]
Community involvement
Gorthaganny Community Development Company became involved with the bog project in 2019. Its account, published through the Community Wetlands Forum, describes consultation with local people and farmers, upgraded access roads, signage and interpretive material at the community centre. It also records ambitions for a circular route and boardwalk, while explaining that the boardwalk had stalled when the account was written. The distinction preserves the community’s work and aspirations without treating every proposed facility as completed. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Frenchpark
- Civil parish
- Tibohine
- Coordinates
- 53.80357, -8.68309 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414636 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Carrowbehy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- About Carrowbehy / Caher Bog · The Living Bog, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Conserving Bog Ecology 1990, broadcast 29 August 1990 · Jim Fahy, RTÉ News / RTÉ Archives
- Carrowbehy/Caher Bog Study Visit factsheet · Gorthaganny Community Development Company / Community Wetlands Forum
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.