The Scent of Home – Collecting Stories of Irish Peat

There’s a smell that lingers in the heart long after it leaves the air — rich, earthy, and unmistakably Irish. The scent of burning peat, drawn from the boglands and fed into the hearth, has warmed generations of homes and memories. It’s more than fuel. It’s culture. It’s comfort. It’s story.

At Turf Candle, we’re gathering tales from across the world — stories of turf fires crackling in country cottages, of the first time someone smelled peat smoke curling into a misty Irish evening, of hands stained dark from cutting turf, and of that one candle that brought it all flooding back.

Whether you grew up stacking sods in the back field or discovered the magic of peat through a simple candle flame, we want to hear your story. What does peat mean to you? What do you remember when you catch that scent?

Send us your memories, short or long. Let’s preserve the soul of the bog — one story at a time.