A rare Kerry bog pony will be auctioned this week to raise funds for the Irish Peatland Conservation Council's (IPCC) new headquarters in Co Kildare.
The closing date for bids for five-year-old Ballycleave Heather is Wednesday.
The pony was donated by Mr John Mullvihill and the Kerry Bog Pony Society and has been awarded the title of Ireland's heritage pony.
The IPCC bought the Peatland World Museum at Lullymore in the Bog of Allen from Teagasc a year ago.
The auction is the latest in a series of fundraising initiatives to help develop the centre. It now boasts the largest carnivorous plant display in Ireland. The IPCC is a registered environmental charity with 8,000 members in Ireland and abroad. It plans to develop a national centre for peatland education, conservation and research at the premises.
