Finn Mac Cool, or Fionn mac Cumhaill, was reputed to have built a stronghold at the Hill of Allen, on the edge of the Bog of Allen, in what was then Leinster.

Industrial milled peat production in a section of the Bog of Allen in the Irish Midlands.

Bord na Móna peat-harvesting in the Bog of Allen

He was once described by Fine Gael politician John Kelly as " like a lighthouse in the Bog of Allen, brilliant but useless ".

Croghan Hill rises from the Bog of Allen and is located in northern Offaly.

There are many large bogs in Offaly including the Bog of Allen, Clara bog, Boora bog and Raheenmore Bog which are spread out across the county with the Bog of Allen extending into four other counties.

Offaly has extensive bogland, particularly in the northern parts of the county, that forms part of the Bog of Allen.

By 1759 he reported that in the Bog of Allen and of canal from the River Liffey near Sallins towards Dublin were complete.

In 1772 the Grand Canal Company was established by a group of noblemen and merchants, including public subscription, to ensure the future of the canal and to tackle the biggest barrier to the canal, the Bog of Allen.

Getting across the Bog of Allen took more than five years of struggle under the guidance of Jessop, who attempted to use walls of clay to support the walls of the canal.

He also drove the canal across the great Bog of Allen, a feat comparable with George Stephenson ’ s crossing of the Chat Moss bog with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

Extensive bogland is exploited in County Offaly, County Longford and County Westmeath, mainly the Bog of Allen.

Bord na Móna milled peat harvesting in the Bog of Allen

Newbridge / An Droichead Nua is bounded by the Curragh Plains to the west, Pollardstown Fen and the Bog of Allen and Moulds Bog to the north west.

The Bog of Allen ( Móin Alúine in Irish ) is a large raised bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Liffey and Shannon.

The peatlands of the Bog of Allen contain a valuable part of the archaeological record.

In many parts of the Bog of Allen industrial milling has uncovered archaeological remains such as trackways.

However, in response to students, faculty, and staff who missed the former campus hangout, the Bog reopened in February 2007 and is now open every Thursday and Friday night offering bowling, billiards, table tennis, and video games.

The Bog is also home to the campus bar, which serves beer and wine, and hosts weekly events such as comedians, live bands, or karaoke nights on its stage.

The Bog Turtle is the single most significant rare animal species surviving in Gaston County.

Volo Bog, the first purchase of the Illinois Nature Conservancy, is located here.

Volo contains the Volo Auto Museum and is located near the Volo Bog State Natural Area.

The town is home to Hawley Bog, one of the few bogs in Massachusetts to be preserved in its natural state.

Bemidji is near Itasca State Park, Lake Bemidji State Park, state forest areas, Big Bog State Recreation areas, and the Chippewa National Forest.

It is the location of Big Bog State Recreation Area.

Nearby is the Big Bog State Recreation Area and Upper Red Lake.

Fall brings the deer hunters and in the winter snowmobiling is a growing activity, supporting a small industry with a network of trails leading to nearby communities, including across the Big Bog State Recreation Area to Waskish Township.

Amherst is home to Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary, Hodgman State Forest, the Joe English Reservation and Baboosic Lake.

* Zurich Bog — A swamp west of Zurich is the lowest point in the town and a registered national landmark.

Askham Bog is an area of peat bog in the Vale of York in North Yorkshire, England, south of the city of York, north of Copmanthorpe and close to Askham Bryan and Askham Richard.

The word Bog (" God "), however, in all Slavic languages today is used as personal name of the Christian God.

Whitefield is drained by Bog Brook and the Johns River, which runs through the center of town.

The nearby Juniper Barrens String Bog, the largest bog in the area, covers 12 square kilometres, and is home to the White Fringed Orchid ( Platanthera blepharglottis ), an uncommon type of Butterfly Orchid, and the sedge ( grass ) Carex eburnea.

It is a largely suburban area in north-east Delta bordered by the Burns Bog and Surrey.

North Delta is also home to the Burns Bog, 40 square kilometres ( 10, 000 acres ) of natural wetlands that are important for wildlife.

Matley Bog is an ancient woodland bog in the New Forest, Hampshire, England.

The municipality is crossed by the South Nation River that connects Larose Forest and Alfred Bog.

* A notable tourist attraction is the narrow gauge Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway in Blackwater Bog.

* Huldremose ( Huldra Bog ) is a bog located on Djursland, Denmark famous for the discovery of the Huldremose Woman, a bog body from 55 BC.

* Irish playwright Marina Carr's By the Bog of Cats is a modern re-telling of Euripides ' Medea

In the mid-19th century, watercress was grown at Moor Farm, known locally as " The Bog ", ( now Low Farm ) by Richard Whiting Bradbery, the son of William Bradbery, the first British watercress pioneer who had a large cress farm at West Hyde, Hertfordshire.

Also there are large areas of woodland and heathlands around Ferndown including Holt Heath and Slop Bog.

Tories ( from the Irish word tóraidhe meaning, " pursued man ") operated from difficult terrain such as the Bog of Allen, the Wicklow Mountains and the drumlin country in the north midlands, and within months, made the countryside extremely dangerous for all except large parties of Parliamentarian troops.

All levels of government have agreed to: " maintain in perpetuity a large, contiguous, undeveloped natural area for the purpose of protecting the flora and fauna that depend on the Bog ; manage the Bog as a functional raised bog ecosystem as understood by the best science of the time ; maintain the extent and integrity of the water mound and the peat that encloses it, and in particular the upper porous acrotelm, upon which the persistence of the ecosystem depends ; and prevent any occupation or use of the Bog that will impair or interfere with the current state of the Bog or the Amenities ..."

Kuresoo Bog is one of the two best surviving large bogs in Estonia with species diversity amongst the highest.