Just to clear up what Bonnie said: Bord na Mona manufactures turf briquettes which are on sale in most supermarkets and petrol stations etc, they also sell hopper turf, which is the stuff I mentioned as being delivered in lorry loads.

Hand/slan cut turf is the roughest looking variety (usually bigger lumps of it) and some people maintain it burns better (i.e. longer) than today's hopper turf which is compressed by machine (the hopper).