Turf-cutting may have a romanticised image but the reality is very different - The Irish Times

Decision to ban the commercial sale of turf is portrayed as an attack on rural Ireland and its way of life by middle-class city types

For many urban dwellers the image of turf-cutting comes straight out of a John Hinde postcard a slane, a donkey, two wicker creels loaded with sods and two cute red-headed children. There are still … [+3581 chars]

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