…ended using cold stored planting stock. Containerised plants, because they come complete with soil attached to the roots, can be planted at any time of the year, but best results tend to be during spring to mid summer. Correct timing of planting can have a critical impact on successful establishment. Planting during very cold (particularly frosty periods) or dry conditions is generally avoided. PLANT SPACING Widely spaced Sitka spruce showing heav…
…members, predominantly professional foresters, but including, through its associate and student membership a wide cross-section of people involved or with an interest in the forest and timber industry. The Society of Irish Foresters places great emphasis on promoting professional standards in forestry among the public, and the regulation of the forestry profession. To this end, members of the Society of Irish Foresters are bound by its Code of Et…
…eld Day – Killenaule, Co. Tipperary 30th September – 4th October Annual Study Tour – Slovakia 9th October Annual Sean Mac Bride Forestry Lecture – UCD …
…t which inhabited the forest in large numbers. Like all Waldgeisters, Hylde-moer was kind-natured, and the only forest spirit to know the power and formulae for medicinal plants. Before cutting down an elder tree, it was said that permission had to be asked for and granted from her to avoid misfortune. The elder was traditionally known in Germany as the ‘elsbeer tree’ or ‘dragon tree’. Hanging branches of this tree in houses or in any buildings be…
…e, Food and the Marine (2012). Final version is published by COFORD http://www.coford.ie/publications/books/ PUBLIC GOODS Forestry: A Growth Industry in Ireland By Peter Bacon and Associates (2003) Economic Value of Trails and Forest Recreation in the Republic of Ireland By Fitzpatrick Associates (2005) An Economic Evaluation of the Market and Non-Market Functions of Forestry By Áine Ní Dhubháin, Craig Bullock, Richard Moloney and Vincent Upton …
…t. As western music evolved, the harmonies within an orchestra became more complex. As a result, more complicated instruments have developed to make it easier for the musicians to create the sounds needed. The uilleann pipes are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Developed at the beginning of the 18th century from pastoral pipes they became popular with the Anglo Irish community and its gentlemen pipers. Today the uilleann pipes often…
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…n. Most of the houses were of wooden construction, made from planks or post-and-wattles with thatched or mud roofs. Complex trackways were also constructed, mainly of wood. The steady course of deforestation continued throughout this period, perhaps even more vigorously than before, as more land became settled into agriculture. The Late Bronze Age 1200-600 BC The Late Bronze Age is rightfully known as the Golden Age of Irish pre-history. Irish met…