Abbeyleix Bog is situated on the southern end of Abbeyleix town, Co. Laois. It encompasses an area of almost 150 hectares of diverse habitats including degraded (but recovering) raised bog, lagg, cutaway, wet carr woodland, and meadows

A lease was signed in 2010 with Bord Na Móna to hand over the bog to the local community to manage for a period of 50 years with a primary focus on conservation.The bog is managed by a local voluntary organisation know as the Abbeyleix Bog Project Ltd.(ABP) with support from a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and a Board of Trustees. The ABP use a Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) approach to maximise the benefits of this natural resource to the local community in terms of education, employment, income and recreation.