wetland landscape

Wetland Landscape: The profusion of bogland throughout County Longford make it an ideal location for investigating this particular type for landscape. Wetlands are places of great beauty, and highly valued elements of Ireland's tourism "product". Many wetland species of plant which are rated as "vulnerable" in Europe are still quite common in Ireland. Bog orchids, varieties of heath and sphagnum moss are still quite common in County Longford. The Ballykenny/Fishertown raised bog, an area of 94 hectares, is a protected peatland site under the auspices of the Wildlife Service.