 While accepting that Croghan Hill was not at the geographical centre of Ireland, Mitchell chose Croghan Hill because it lies in the heartland of the great raised bogs of the midlands.The cooling towers of at least four peat-fired generating stations (when they were operational) could be seen from the summit.The Croghan Hill area is also notable for the 2003 discovery of Old Croghan Man, the remarkably preserved bog body of a high-status man of the early Iron Age who is believed to have died some time between 362 BC and 175 BC.