Publications

Forestry Grant Schemes Information Booklet

The Forestry Grant Schemes outlined in this booklet are administered by the Department of Agriculture & Rural Development and offered through the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.

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Gullion’s Green Woodlands and Hedgerows

The Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership Scheme aims to increase woodland cover in south Armagh. We have partnered up with various organisations. Download this leaflet to find out more information about how to get free trees in 2015/2016 planting season.

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October Fungi Spotter’s Sheet

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Farmer information evenings March-April 2015

A series of farming information evenings taking place March-April 2015

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Our Trees – A guide to growing Ireland’s native trees

Our Trees – A guide to growing Ireland’s native trees from seed is published in conjunction with the People’s Millennium Forests project.

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Towards a Land Strategy for Northern Ireland – Briefing document

The European Landscape Convention was adopted by the Council of Europe on the 20 October 2000 and came into force in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, in 2006. It promotes the protection, management and planning of European landscapes.

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Towards a Land Strategy for Northern Ireland

This report reviews the contributions that land makes to the economic and social fabric of Northern Ireland and the realisation of sustainable development and the principle pressures placed on the overall resource. Compilation of this report was informed by a range of stakeholder perspectives, and from detailed observation of the development of the Scottish Land Use Strategy. The principal recommendation of the review is to progress the planning, development and implementation of a Land Strategy for Northern Ireland by 2016. The vision of such a strategy would be for land and landscapes to be managed for the benefit of people’s well-being and prosperity, respecting the views of communities, groups and individuals, striving for environmental excellence, and making best use of its multi-functionality. Such a strategy would sit above the suite of sectoral policies, and aim to provide a framework to manage conflicting policy priorities and balance competing demands on land.

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Ring of Gullion Heritage Coach Tour Brochure

You can pick up a brochure at one of the local Visitor Information Centres or download the brochure for tour of the area. This brochure accompanies the famous Ring of Gullion Heritage Coach Tour, check out our events section to see if there is on when you visit, or book a guide from our tour guides section.

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Crossmaglen and Creggan Area Heritage Brochure

Crossmaglen is a small picturesque town in South Armagh with a population of approximately one and a half thousand people. The Irish translation is Crois Mhic Lionnáin, which literally means ‘Lennon’s Cross’. It is suggested that it is named after an Owen Lennon who lived here in the eighteenth century and who is famed as the owner of a shebeen, an illegal ale house. The focal point of Crossmaglen is Cardinal O’Fiaich Square, named after a local priest who became Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.

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Bessbrook and Camlough Heritage Brochure

The villages and the communities of Camlough and Bessbrook are linked by a shared heritage but also by the Camlough River which flows from Camlough Lake through Bessbrook Pond and under the Craigmore Viaduct, before joining the Newry Canal and reaching Carlingford Lough and the Irish Sea. The water was used to power the many mills along this river and fuelled the linen industry in Bessbrook.

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