List of forests in Ireland

This is an incomplete list of forests in Ireland.

Upon the first arrival of humans in Ireland around 12,500 years ago, the entire island was predominantly covered in a blanket of thick woodland. These woodlands consisted largely of Oak and Pine forests. However, centuries of heavy deforestation meant that by the end of the 19th century the area of woodland and forest cover in Ireland was estimated to be approximately 69,000 hectares, or 1% of the national land area. During the first 75 years of the 20th century forestry in Ireland was almost exclusively carried out by the State and by 1985 forest and woodland cover had increased to approximately 420,000 hectares. The mid 1980s saw a significant increase in private forest development, with the introduction of EU funded grant schemes aimed at encouraging private land owners, mainly farmers, to become involved in forestry. As a result, the area of national forest estate in Ireland has now increased to approximately 700,000 hectares. Of this, approximately 45% is in private ownership and 55% is in the ownership of Coillte. It must be remembered that the vast majority of forestry plantings in Ireland are non-native species, chiefly Sitka Spruce with the consequent damage to biodiversity and the environment.

Ulster

County Antrim

County Armagh

County Cavan

County Donegal

County Down

County Fermanagh

County Londonderry

County Monaghan

County Tyrone

Munster

County Clare

  • Cahermurphy Forest

County Cork

County Kerry

County Limerick

  • Curragh Chase

County Tipperary

  • Ballyruane

County Waterford

Leinster

County Carlow

  • Oak Park forest
  • Rathwood forest

County Dublin

  • Tibradden wood
  • Carrickgollogan wood
  • Cruagh wood

County Kildare

  • Donadea forest

County Kilkenny

County Laois

County Longford

County Louth

County Meath

  • Mullaghmeen forest
  • Littlewood forest
  • Drewstown woods
  • Balrath wood

County Offaly

  • Camcor Woods

County Westmeath

  • Ardan Woods

County Wexford

  • Camolin

County Wicklow

Connacht

County Galway

County Leitrim

County Mayo

County Roscommon

  • St. Johns Forest
  • Lough Key Forest Park

County Sligo

See also

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