The Lost Forests of Ireland

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A rich political, social and economic history of Ireland can be told by an analysis of its landscape, and specifically through the history of its trees. In this episode, Naomi and Tim delve into the history of deforestation and its tangled associations with colonialism and agriculture, and whether the 'green' image of Ireland is all that it seems. Coming soon in part 2, we will visit a place where the ancient forest of Ireland is making a rebound: in the Irish Atlantic Rainforest restored on the Beara Peninsula by Eoghan Daltun. Patreon supporters can access a bonus debrief episode over at https://www.patreon.com/theirishpassport in which Naomi and Tim discuss a genocidal Elizabethan poet who was banished to Cork, and why a blank and featureless lawn is considered an ideal to so many... Thanks so much for listening!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.4	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.9	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both, Naomi?
0:08.6	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:10.0	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.3	Uh-huh.
0:13.5	I'm recording.
0:14.3	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay.
0:32.1	Hello everyone.
0:35.5	Hi listeners and welcome back to the Irish Passport podcast.
0:38.9	Today we are going to be talking about trees.
0:47.4	Trees. Yes, trees, you say, Naomi. Trees, Tim. Trees. Or rather, the lack of them when it comes to Ireland.
0:55.4	This is something we've actually touched on briefly in the past, and we thought it was time to really tackle the historical and political factors that have contributed to Ireland becoming a largely treeless island, which isn't actually its
1:00.4	natural state. Because this is actually quite a serious issue from all sorts of perspectives,
1:05.7	not least Ireland's responsibility to sustainable environmental policies and biodiversity and the cutting of carbon
1:12.7	emissions in the face of the global climate change emergency.
1:16.0	Yeah, right. So according to Kailchah, which is the Irish state forestry management body,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Irish Passport, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Irish Passport and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.