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#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Community Woodlands Award
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Learmount Forest
Park Village, County Derry
Owned by the Forest Service of Northern Ireland
and Managed in conjunction with Learmount
Community Development Group
118 hectares originally established in the 18th
century
Community Woodland Award Winner
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Provincial Certificate of Merit Recipients
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Munster Certificate of Merit Recipient
Bridie and Jim Kinsella
Bishopswood, Dundrum, County Tipperary
Highly productive Sitka Spruce Woodland
24.6 hectares originally planted in 1989 and
again after storm damage in 2014
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Connaught Certificate of Merit Recipient
Balla Town Park
Balla, Castlebar, County Mayo
180 acres dating from the 1800’s
Excellent Walking Trails and Impressive
Millennium Tree Planting Project
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Leinster Certificate of Merit Recipient
Christian Ostoff
Glenealy, County Wicklow
28 hectares of mixed woodland
Mostly broadleaf species planted over last 20
years
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Ulster Certificate of Merit Recipient
Seaford Estate Co. Ltd
Seaforde, County Down
Owned by Mr Matthew Forde and managed on
his behalf by Scottish Woodlands
Over 162 hectares including ancient woodlands
in existence since the 17th century
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Best New Entrant Award
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Best New Entrant Award
Springfield Castle
Drumcollogher, County Limerick
Owned by Mr Jonathan Sykes
Woodland covers some 22 hectares planted
between 1993 and 2000
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Multipurpose Forestry Award Runner Up
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Multipurpose Forestry Award Runner Up
Bernard and Des Joyce
Ballyvary, Castlebar, County Mayo
7 hectares of mixed broadleaf woodland
Woodland used as an outdoor classroom to
teach children about ecology
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Multipurpose Forestry Award Winner
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Multipurpose Forestry Award Winner
Shanes Castle Estate
Antrim Village, County Antrim
Owned by Lord O’Neill, the woodland has been
continuously planted over the last three centuries
Over 315 hectares, compromise a mixture of
broadleaf and coniferous species
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Production Forestry Award -15 Hectares Runner Up
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Production Forestry Award -15 Hectares Runner Up
Martin Murphy
Kilmihil, County Clare
11.5 hectares of highly productive coniferous
woodland planted between 1982 and 1985
Utilising marginal land to best economic
advantage
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Production Forestry Award -15 Hectares Winner
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Production Forestry Award -15 Hectares Winner
Pat Coffey
Belturbet, County Cavan
10 hectares planted by Pat in 1994/1995
Compromising mainly Ash, Oak, Beech,
Sycamore and small areas of Norway Spruce
and Red Oak
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Production Forestry Award +15 Hectares Runner Up
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Production Forestry Award +15 Hectares Runner Up
Baronscourt Estate
Omagh, County Tyrone
58 hectares compromising a mixture of both
broadleaf and coniferous species
Recipient of premiums for tree planting from the
RDS in 1793
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Production Forestry Award +15 Hectares Winner
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
Production Forestry Award +15 Hectares Winner
Ivor Clegg
Mountrath, County Laois
47 hectares compromising a mixture of conifer
and broadleaf
Transitioned from Dairy to Forestry
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards
Judges’ Special Award
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
John Brady
Woodfab Sawmill, Aughrim, County Wicklow
50 year involvement in the Forestry Sector
Successful and innovative forestry
enterprise employing 65 people
Judges’ Special Award Winner
#lrishForestryAwards @theRDS @agriculture_ie
2015 RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forestry Awards