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Starting a new series on amazing #Irish #trees! This is the sitting tree, #Glendalough, Co #Wicklow! @theirelandguide @Irishwildlife @katieholten @IRISHGIFTTREES @NativeWoodTrust @PeterDowdall @TheIrishGardens #Ireland #tree #Irishtrees
Amazing #Irishtrees! St Fintan’s Money Tree, #Clonenagh Co #Laois. Planted on the site of an early Christian monastery. Custom to push coins into the trunk & say a prayer, which led to serious decay due to metal poisoning. Currently undergoing a spate of ‘vigorous re-growth’ 
#Charleville #Castle’s King #Oak #tree, #Tullamore, Co #Offaly. Running for European Tree of the Year in past. #Legend that if a branch of the tree fell, a member of the #Bury family would die shortly afterwards! #EuropeanTreeOfTheYear #Irishtrees
This #Douglas #Fir towers at 61.5 metres (202 ft) at #Powerscourt House & Gardens in Co #Wicklow. It’s the 7th tallest #tree in Europe & is located along the Powerscourt River Walk. #Irishtrees #tallesttrees http://blog.powerscourt.ie/blog/bid/154112/Ireland-s-Tallest-Tree-Discovered-at-Powerscourt
Located in gardens of Kings Inns in #Dublin, this #tree saw something it liked & went for it! The “hungry tree” is a London Plane. Hybrid that came into existence in the 17th C & widely planted in Dublin during 19th C. Estimated to be c 80 years old. #HungryTree #Irishtrees
The #KingsRoad from #GOT season 2 episode 1 is real! The #DarkHedges is near #Armoy in Co #Antrim, N #Ireland! Lots other scenes from #GOT are filmed in NI! They are 18th C #beech #trees planted by Stuart family to their Georgian mansion, Gracehill House https://www.boredpanda.com/the-dark-hedges-northern-ireland/
Ballyshannon’s Rag Tree. Located at the Abbey Well in #Ballyshannon Co #Donegal this ‘Holy Tree’ or ‘Rag Tree’ is laden with objects left behind by #pilgrims. Photos from Michael O'Dea & Fergal McGrath Photography. #ragtree #holytree #well #holywell #holywater #trees #Irishtrees
#Ireland’s girthiest #tree. According to http://MonumentalTrees.org the Monterey Cypress at Clontra House in #Shankill, #Dublin is an astounding 9.9 metres wide. It stands at around 20m in height. #ClontraHouse #Cypress #MontereyCypress #trees #Irishtrees
#Birr Castle’s 200-year-old, mighty grey #poplar, which stood 140 feet tall, measured 21-feet in girth, and was Ireland’s nominee for the European Tree of the Year 2014 competition. Largest of its kind in Ireland & Britain. Sadly, it was brought down by a storm in February 2014!
The Magic Tree, #Waterford! Marks beginning of a 'magic road’. Turn off your car’s engine & let off your handbrake, your car will travel up the hill! Original #tree cut down by vandals in 2011, but new landmark has been planted. #Irishtrees https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=J0DZDzkGEmA
The #Divis #Fairy #Tree! Near #Hannahstown outside #Belfast this fairy tree also marks a magic road! Local legend says that if you park at the bottom of the hill & let off the brake, the #fairies will push you to the top! #FolkloreThursday
For the day that's in it! Happy #Christmas to all my #tree lovers out there! #Nollaig #NollaigShona #NollaigShonaDuit #Dublin #Ireland #trees #Irishtrees
Ireland’s oldest tree #1.
Disagreement over which #tree actually is Ireland’s oldest, although there is consensus that it is a #yew tree.
http://MonumentalTrees.com claims that this yew at Muckross Friary in #Killarney, Co #Kerry is #Ireland’s oldest at 670 years old! #Irishtrees
Disagreement over which #tree actually is Ireland’s oldest, although there is consensus that it is a #yew tree.
http://MonumentalTrees.com claims that this yew at Muckross Friary in #Killarney, Co #Kerry is #Ireland’s oldest at 670 years old! #Irishtrees
Ireland’s oldest tree #2
There is some disagreement over which #tree actually is #Ireland’s oldest, although there is consensus that it is a #yew tree! The 'Silken Thomas' yew tree at St Patrick's College, #Maynooth, Co #Kildare is 700-800 years old! @irarchaeology #Irishtrees
There is some disagreement over which #tree actually is #Ireland’s oldest, although there is consensus that it is a #yew tree! The 'Silken Thomas' yew tree at St Patrick's College, #Maynooth, Co #Kildare is 700-800 years old! @irarchaeology #Irishtrees
Ireland’s oldest tree #3
There is some disagreement over which #tree actually is #Ireland’s oldest, although there is consensus that it is a #yew tree! The yew in the grounds of Crom Castle @CromCastleRenta in Co #Fermanagh, N Ireland is thought to be 800+ years old! #CromCastle
There is some disagreement over which #tree actually is #Ireland’s oldest, although there is consensus that it is a #yew tree! The yew in the grounds of Crom Castle @CromCastleRenta in Co #Fermanagh, N Ireland is thought to be 800+ years old! #CromCastle
The #Fairy #Tree, #Killary harbour/fjord, #Connemara. This tree is littered with rags. Legend has it that people tie ribbons around the branches in the hope that #fairies will take the ribbons away & with them the troubles of the people who left them there! #Ireland #Irishtrees
