Bogland: Photography by CE Ni Chathasaigh at Corlea Trackway

What to Expect

Bogland is a photographic exhibition by CE Ni Chathasaigh, a photographer based between south Longford and Waterford, hung in the exhibition space at Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre for the nine days of National Heritage Week. The work is described by the artist as images of the in-between space where east meets west on the shores of a great river, a place of multi-layered history. In practice that means the flat callows and raised bog country either side of the Shannon around Keenagh, Lanesborough and Ballymahon.

Placing the work at Corlea is deliberate. The centre exists because of what a bog preserves: its permanent display is an 18 metre section of an Iron Age oak roadway, felled in 148 BC, lifted out of the peat and kept indoors under controlled humidity. Seeing contemporary photographs of the same landscape in the same building as the trackway makes the point about layered time without anyone having to say it out loud.

The exhibition sits inside Corlea’s wider Heritage at Risk programme, which runs bog walks, talks, music and children’s workshops across the same nine days.

Good to Know

• Saturday 15 August to Sunday 23 August 2026, open daily 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
• Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre, Keenagh, Co. Longford, N39 XT18.
• Photographer: CE Ni Chathasaigh.
• Admission was listed as to be confirmed. General entry to Corlea Trackway is free for the 2026 season.
• No booking needed to view the exhibition, though other events in the Heritage at Risk programme do require booking on 043 332 2386 or corlea@opw.ie.
• Access to the trackway itself is by guided tour only, with the last tour at 5:00 PM.
• Accessible toilets, picnic areas and free parking on site.

Getting There

Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre is roughly 15 kilometres south of Longford town, out on the bog road west of Keenagh village. From Longford, take the R397 or the R392 towards Keenagh and pick up the brown heritage signs in the village. From Ballymahon, drive north on the R392 for about ten minutes. From Athlone, take the N55 north and turn off at Ballymahon.

Parking is free and there is plenty of it. There is no scheduled bus service to the trackway, so most visitors drive or book Local Link in advance. Allow around 20 minutes from Longford town, 15 minutes from Ballymahon and about 35 minutes from Athlone or Roscommon town.