History
Clara Bog came to public attention in the 1980s when requests were being made to the Irish Government to preserve the area by a number of international naturalists, David Bellamy among them. The area was secured for preservation following the intervention of the Dutch Government who bought the land and donated it to the Irish State.
Clara Bog has been a nature reserve since 1987 and its development since the last ice age, flora, hydrology, have all been extensively studied. In 1988 it was designated a Ramsar Site. Clara Bog and Raheenmore Bog (also in County Offaly) have been twinned with Bargerveen Nature Reserve, a Dutch Ramsar Site, under the Eurosite twinning programme.
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