{"id":34488,"date":"2020-07-01T06:54:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T06:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=34488"},"modified":"2020-07-01T06:54:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T06:54:57","slug":"dawn-of-hope-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2020\/07\/01\/dawn-of-hope-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn of Hope: a major peat landslide in County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dawn of Hope: a major peat landslide in County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland<\/h4>\n

Exceptional rainfall on Sunday 28 June 2020 triggered a major landslide at Dawn of Hope in Count Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland. This is an unusual landslide – the failure of a peat bog<\/a>.\u00a0 Peat bog landslides are remarkable for their mobility and for the damage that they can cause<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Irish Farmers Journal<\/a> has a report about this event, which has seen the failure of a large area of peat bog and deposition on a large area too.\u00a0 The location is 54.201, -8.086 if you wish to take a look.<\/p>\n

The best understanding of this remarkable failure can be gained from a series of three drone videos posted to Youtube by Garadice 2000<\/a>.\u00a0 The best overview can be gained from the second in the series, which at the end appears to provide a view of the source area of the landslide:-<\/p>\n

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The source area of the Dawn of Hope landslide in County Leitrim. Still from a video posted to Youtube<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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