ABOUT US
Who is Rob Killeen?
Kerryman Rob Killeen is the founder and craftsman behind Celtic Bog Oak Pipes. Over the years, Rob has worked on crafting the ideal shape, size and airflow capability using bog oak. After years of development and rigorous testing, Celtic Bog Oak Pipes is finally ready to share.
What is Bog Oak?
After the Ice Age retreated from Ireland, there were thousands of years where Ireland became completely covered by rich oak and pine forest - a landscape that thrived for five thousand years, before the climate shifted to favour peat-growing plants which eventually took over.
The oak forests collapsed into the peat bogs; deprived of oxygen and in the particular anaerobic and acidic conditions of Irish bog, the trees were preserved from decay over thousands of years, absorbing the tannins in the earth around it and turning darker. The bog oak we use represents the first step in the wood's fossilisation.
