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Posted on January 23, 2025January 23, 2025

The Glen of the Downs (Episode 9)

“Sheer three-dimensionality is perhaps the most arresting aspect of an Irish rainforest, as though a living ecosystem had contrived to pack the maximum quantity of spatial strata into the smallest volume possible and succeeded to the wildest degree.” -The Magic of an Irish Rainforest by Eoghan Daltun The Glen of the Downs is an oak-woodland …

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Posted on January 16, 2025January 22, 2025

Why Don’t We Just Plant More Trees? (Episode 3)

Cad a dhéainfimear fásta gan amhad? Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár; níl trácht ar Chill Chais ná ar a teaghlach is ní bainfear a clig go bráth. From an Irish poem describing the clearance of woodlands from the Butler estate in Kilkash, Tipperary in the 18th century. One of the most common ideas when …

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