Peat 'farming' or cutting, Connemara region near Clifden, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

Turf cut by machine laid out to dry at Mountrivers peat bog, County Clare, West of Ireland

Turf cut by machine laid out to dry at Mountrivers peat bog, County Clare, West of Ireland

Stacks of turf, in process called footing, drying on peat bog, by Lough Inagh near Recess in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Stacked peat in turf bog on the Old Bog Road near Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway

Stacked peat in turf bog on the Old Bog Road near Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway

Stacks of turf, in a process called footing, drying on peat bog, by Lough Inagh, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Turf cut by machine laid out to dry at Mountrivers peat bog, County Clare, West of Ireland

Stacked peat in turf bog on the Old Bog Road near Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway

Stacked peat in turf bog on the Old Bog Road near Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway

Stacked peat in turf bog on the Old Bog Road near Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway

Stacked peat in turf bog on the Old Bog Road near Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway

Stacks of peat sods left to dry, peat harvesting, Nicklheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Stacks of peat sods left to dry, peat harvesting, Nicklheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Stacks of peat sods left to dry, peat harvesting, Nicklheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Peat harvest, Tullamore, County Offaly, Leinster province, Republic of Ireland, Europe