The forest is a hidden place where water slows and splays into rivulets separated by knolls and islets that are frequently flooded and are clothed in dense vegetation
The tiny remnants of Ireland’s native forests are among the most ecologically unique landscapes we have but within this cohort there is one place that stands out as truly exceptional. The Gearagh forest in Co Cork is, literally, one of a kind. Not only is there nowhere like it anywhere else in Ireland but there is nowhere like it anywhere in western Europe and it is among only a handful of inland, freshwater deltas globally.
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Kevin Corcoran is from the Gearagh, and in his book Saving Eden he describes how his grandmother lived in the forest itself and held him as an infant as she watched her home being destroyed by the rising waters behind the new dam wall. He has long championed the restoration of the Gearagh, something he believes would best be achieved by removing the Carrigadrohid dam.
Corcoran has brought me to the Gearagh with Harriet Burgess, a local Green Party candidate and barrister, to see the forest for myself. It didn’t disappoint. Although its scientific value is well documented, the overwhelming grandeur of the place is harder to describe. The flowing of shallow rivulets brings movement all around in the Gearagh forest. Photograph: Pádraic Fogarty
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