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By\u00a0 Helen\u00a0Shaw,\u00a0T\u00f3char\u00a0Stories\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nature photography Tina Claffey sharing the art of capturing the hidden world of the bog (Helen Shaw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It may be early\u00a0June\u00a0but\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0all wrapped up in our raincoats and hats for an evening in the\u00a0Bog Bothy<\/a>,\u00a0Milltownpass, Co Westmeath, for a workshop exploring the hidden beauty of the boglands with nature photographer\u00a0Tina Claffey.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tina Claffey hosting a workshop at the Bog Bothy, Milltownpass, Co Westmeath (Helen Shaw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WATCH<\/strong>:\u00a0Tina Claffey on how she discovered the hidden world of the boglands<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blue and yellow peatlands community engagement hut, created by architects,\u00a012th Field\u00a0<\/a>and the\u00a0Irish Architecture Foundation<\/a>, is touring across three Midlands communities this Summer<\/a>\u00a0with the support of\u00a0T\u00f3char<\/a>. First up for May and June is\u00a0Milltownpass Tidy Towns<\/a>\u00a0who have brought the\u00a0bothy\u00a0to\u00a0Milltownpass Bog\u00a0<\/a>– a National Heritage Area (NHA) under National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS).\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a beautiful location for the\u00a0bothy\u00a0with\u00a0an\u00a0horizon of white topped bog cotton, an\u00a0edgeline\u00a0of frontier pines, the sound of the cuckoo echoing and even the rustling of deer amongst the trees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tina Claffey showing the art of macro-photography at the Bog Bog, Milltownpass, Westmeath (Helen Shaw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tina Claffey,<\/a> a native of Birr, Co Offaly, is an artist whose practice is now focussed on using macro-photography to reveal the hidden micro world of the boglands – like sundews<\/a> – so tiny we can step on them, unaware, and think they are nothing but with a macro lens a glorious world of colour, oranges and red, with a lollipop head is seen. These tiny plants thrive in bogs and, as Tina shared with the group in her Bog Bothy workshop, are super efficient at catching and dissolving tiny insects like the midges that torment us. Tina shared her own breath-taking work but then mentored us to both identify and photo capture these bog beauties – even with a smart phone.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see my iPhone attempt below (amazing to see the raindrops) but visit Tina\u2019s website <\/a>for her stunning award-winning beauties. <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sundew on\u00a0Milltownpass\u00a0Bog (Helen Shaw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s equally fascinating about Tina\u2019s work is that she spent years working as a nature photographer in Africa, capturing vast landscapes and wildlife, flying overland to capture flamingoes, before returning to Birr and rediscovering the wonder of her native boglands by looking down at the land through a macro lens. It was the writer and geographer John Feehan <\/a>who inspired her and opened her eyes, and world, to paying attention to what is often beneath our feet. He\u2019s our David Attenborough\u201d, she says.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina Claffey is now working with John Feehan on a beautiful series of short videos with Offaly Heritage, about the Offaly wildflowers,<\/a> based on Feehan\u2019s own book. Here\u2019s one they made on bogbean<\/a> – a familiar plant on our wetlands. (interestingly what Feehan shares in the video is how the humble bogbean was once used to treat menstrual cycle problems). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tina Claffey\u2019s Bogbean @TinaClaffey 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Bog Bothy is ideal for a workshop like this where people can gather inside for a session and then step outside to discover and put ideas into practice.\u00a0Milltownpass Tidy Towns\u00a0<\/a>has a full schedule throughout June unpacking different ways to chat and discover the landscape through creativity or learning – for all ages.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ronan Lynsky, Milltownpass Tidy Towns with Eugene Dunbar, ETHOS, Tyrrellspass, Co Westmeath (Helen Shaw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next up, by mid July, the Bog Bothy moves to Cornafulla, Co Roscommon and then by mid August back to Westmeath and the Ballymore community until September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking down, taking macro photos at Milltownpass Bog after Tina\u2019s workshop (Helen Shaw)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to find out more about Tina Claffey\u2019s work do check out her\u00a0photography books\u00a0<\/a>in your library and follow her on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for often daily delights.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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