Miggeldy, who is well known for his sweet relationship with his dogs has welcomed two new additions - Gray Lass and Aimhirgin
Miggeldy who is well known for his sweet relationship with his dogs has now welcomed two adorable new additions - Gray Lass and Aimhirgin. President Michael D Higgins has welcomed two ponies to live at Áras an Uachtaráin over the next four months.
The ponies will live in the grounds surrounding Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the Irish President in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, as part of a plan to increase the biodiversity at the 130-acre location.Higgins launched a partnership with Kylemore Abbey on Monday that will see the Connemara ponies, Gray Lass, and her colt foal Aimhirgin, owned by the abbey, move onto the grounds over the coming months. President Higgins was invited by Kylemore Abbey to name the foal and chose “Aimhirgin”, after Aimhirgin Gluingheal mac Mileadh. Aimhirgin Gluingheal mac Mileadh is a Milesian warrior-poet of Irish mythology, said to have defeated Tuatha Dé Danann. The ponies are set to graze in the grounds of the Áras as part of a programme of work to enhance the biodiversity of the 130-acre site. The arrangement arises from the recommendations in a recent biodiversity audit, commissioned by President Higgins, to develop a conservation plan for the grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin. The Biodiversity Audit, undertaken by scientists from Trinity College Dublin, made a series of recommendations about the future sustainable management of the Áras grounds.One of its key recommendations was that a sustainable grazing regime be put in place, to allow for an improvement in the biodiversity of the meadows within the Áras grounds.
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