The Irish call it turf; everywhere else it’s known as peat. It’s a sort of dense mud found all over Ireland that people there burn in stoves to keep warm in the winter. Whatever you call it, it probably doesn’t taste very good—unless you’re a young Shane Lowry.
Lowry’s grandmother, Emily Scanlon, told an embarrassing story to RTÉ Sport about the Open Champion’s dietary habits as a young lad. Apparently, Lowry couldn’t be left alone by the family’s stash of turf because he’d eat it.
Here’s a transcript, because her accent is thicker than the peat in County Offaly:
“He had a great upbringing.