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Bog Slides and Debacles

Nature volume 55, pages 268–269 (1897)Cite this article

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THESE slides have been brought very prominently forward on account of the recent debacle near Gneevegullia, Co. Kerry. They are a subject that ought to be known and understood, as numerous observers and writers have brought the subject before the public since Gerrard Boate wrote on bogs in A.D. 1652, up to the present time.

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    G. HENRY KINAHAN

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KINAHAN, G. Bog Slides and Debacles. Nature 55, 268–269 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/055268b0

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