Gaelic Woodland Project

The Gaelic Woodland Project is a registered charity that is fuelled by a skill-sharing social experiment. This is a place for people to come and share their skills and knowledge to establish an inter-generational culture and structure for the restoration of Ireland's ecological inheritance. Within the last two years they have raised 70,000 euro for the purchase of land for the creation of oak and alluvial woodland with regenerated wetland; and have developed an Integrated Rewilding Plan for the Island of Ireland. They've also submitted a legal case to the Oireachtas to prohibit the sale of invasive species and developing an integrated management plan converting invasive species into biofuel.

Eoghan Connaughton, founder and managing director, will do a short presentation on Saturday on the history of invasive species in Ireland, where they come from, what they are, and what makes them invasive. The lecture will conclude with the work of the Gaelic Woodland Project and their Meitheal, where cherry laurel infestations are converted into firewood as an alternative to cutting peat and firewood imports.