What is recorded here

Crathaigh holds a crouched body beneath virgin bog, marked by rope and cloth but never named. The turf cut in 1978 exposed the shape, men looked, the earth took it back. What is missing is not a fact but a life, and the absence still presses against the surface.

‘In June 1978 turf-cutting operations uncovered a human body in a bog at Craghy, near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. The body was discovered at a depth of approximately 1m under virgin bog. It was reported to the Gardaí at Milford, who informed the NMI. The body was found in a crouched position and there appeared to be traces of clothing and a rope. The body was examined by Dr. McFeely of Letterkenny but was subsequently reinterred along with the textile and rope. No other details were recorded.' (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 466) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 25 March 2014

A bog body from the Early Iron Age; significant for providing insights into prehistoric burial practices and preservation conditions in Irish peat bogs.

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