Latest News from the Ring of Gullion

Tree planting offers to brighten the landscape

Posted on: 17th November 2015

This month, schoolchildren and community groups will don welly boots to plant free trees from the Woodland Trust. Over 460,000 trees will take root throughout the UK, with 20,000 set to grace the Northern Ireland landscape.

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Tree protection and planting schemes to get £17.4m

Posted on: 11th November 2015

New Forestry Grant Schemes worth £17.4m will support woodland expansion in Northern Ireland, the rural development minister has said.

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Durkan Announces Environment Fund

Posted on: 10th November 2015

Environment Minister Mark H Durkan today announced an Environment Fund (EF) for applications from eligible Not for Profit organisations and councils.

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Gullion’s Green Woodlands and Hedgerows

Posted on: 30th October 2015

Grants and Free Native Tree schemes for farmers, landowners and gardeners! There are Forest Service schemes for land over 5ha, Woodland Trust schemes for farms, One Million Trees scheme for landowners and The Ring of Gullion LPS Big Free tree giveaway for gardeners!

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The Met Office needs you

Posted on: 27th October 2015

The Met Office are looking for volunteers to expand their network of voluntary manual rainfall measuring stations.

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Breathtaking New Sculpture for Bessbrook

Posted on: 9th October 2015

This is the opening verse of “The Ballad of Camlough River”, by James N Richardson, which was used as inspiration when designing the sculpture for the mill pond. Today saw the launch of Bessbrook s Flax Flower sculpture by artist Alan Burke.

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Reading our past – Graveyard memorials in Ireland and North America

Posted on: 9th October 2015

Dr Eileen Murphy a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography Archaeology & Palaeoecology at Queen’s University Belfast will be delivering a lecture in Ti Chulainn on Reading our past – Graveyard memorials in Ireland and North America on the 19th October at 7.30pm.

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Who goes there? Wildlife Tracks and Trails

Posted on: 1st October 2015

“What’s about in the Wild” is the name of a new programme of events and training being offered this autumn…

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The Ring of Gullion on Open Country

Posted on: 29th September 2015

Helen Mark visits the Ring Of Gullion in Northern Ireland to discover it's ancient geographical features that are now attracting visitors from all over the world.

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Irish Wildlife Trust Launch Lizard Survey

Posted on: 25th September 2015

Have you ever seen a Lizard in the Ring of Gullion area? Do you have a photo?

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Local company wins prestigious design award for Ring of Gullion Website

Posted on: 25th September 2015

Local company, Wibble Web Design & Development has won a DANI award – Northern Ireland’s premier digital industry awards for its work on the revamp of the Ring of Gullion’s new website. The website revamp was part of The Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership, a Heritage Lottery Fund programme to conserve and enhance some of the region’s most treasured landscapes.

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