Publisher's Synopsis
"The bogs of Ireland have changed greatly over the last couple of centuries. The records of the Bogs Commissioners help in assessing the extent of these changes, feeding into local and national studies of environmental change. This book describes the large volume of documents associated with the government-appointed commissioners who in 1809 were charged with enquiring 'into the nature and extent of the several bogs in Ireland, and the practicability of draining and cultivating them'. Operating until 1813, the commissioners compiled maps and reports on bogs in some 22 counties across Ireland. Much of their working materials, including many of the manuscript reports and many of the fine manuscript maps and diagrams prepared by their engineers, are now preserved in the National Library of Ireland. Other records are in the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) and among the Foster papers in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. The pr
