Ireland's Lost Forests Pt 2: an Atlantic Rainforest

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In the second part of our episode on Ireland's lost forests, Naomi travels to the Beara peninsula in Co. Cork to speak to sculptor and author Eoghan Daltun. Eoghan's award-wining book, An Atlantic Rainforest: a Personal Journey into the Magic of Rewilding, recounts how he has brought a sector of ancient Irish woodland back to life by simply making space for native ecosystems to thrive. We also hear about how E.U. policy has shaped woodland preservation in Europe, we discuss how big predators might be the key to restoring biodiversity, and we return to the mystery of the bare-bottomed Woodkernes - discovering the weird and ancient art of the Braigetóir, or professional flatulists. A bonus episode will be available at https://www.patreon.com/theirishpassport

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.5	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay.
0:16.7	Okay.
0:34.6	Hi, everyone. Hi, everyone, and welcome to part two of our episode on Ireland's Lost Forests,
0:39.2	where we've been getting to the root of why Ireland has... This may happen a lot. We've been
0:45.6	getting to the root of why Ireland has such a small amount of forest cover compared to other countries
0:50.8	in Europe. In part one of this episode, we took a look at the history of
0:55.0	deforestation in Ireland and saw how a combination of over-farming, uncontrolled grazing,
1:01.2	short-sighted policies and government mismanagement, both before and after independence,
1:05.5	all contributed to the denuding of Ireland of its native woodland. Right. So if you haven't listened to that episode yet, it's probably a good idea to tune
1:14.0	into it first because it provides a bit of context for what we're going to discuss today.
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