THE Kerry Bog Pony Society held a most unusual event recently at Lullymore Heritage Park, Rathangan, Co Kildare and Mary McGrath of the Society takes us through the story.

“We were contacted by Katrin Lorch, a German lady who has a holiday home in Lauragh, Kenmare, Co Kerry, who was writing an article about the ‘Ponies auf Moor’ (Kerry Bog Ponies). It so happened that her daughter works for the Department of Architecture at ETH University in Zurich. They were planning a visit to Ireland with the theme ‘Outside the Pale’, and wanted to do some interesting activity linked with Heritage and the Land. Katrin contacted the Kerry Bog Pony Society to see whether we could plan some joint excursion that would incorporate these objectives, unlikely as it might sound.