Illustrated with fine photography, this book presents 140 of the most remarkable trees in Ireland, whether they are culturally or historically signficant, or ar

Rushing about our lives, we take our trees for granted. Yet they shape the world around us, our countryside, towns and villages, public spaces and private garde

‘Among all the varied productions with which Nature has adorned the surfaces of the earth, none awakens our sympathies, or interests our imagination so powerf

From ancient times, people appreciated the spiritual value of trees, singling out individual trees for special veneration. In Ireland the roots of tree worship