Nature Reserve

THE woodland of Ireland was once so dense that is was said a squirrel could travel from Glengarriff in the south to Antrim in the north without touching the ground.

While most of our primeval woodland has been removed over time, pockets of oak forest remain, in particular at the Glengarriff Woods nature reserve in west Cork.

Comprised of oceanic sessile oak, (Quercus petraea/Dair ghaelach), it is designated a Special Area of Conservation, which gives this ancient Irish woodland proper protection.