Thurles Information

Tomorrow, Monday January 27th, the planting of 2500 trees will take place on the Mill Road, southeast of Thurles Town (Eircode E41 NP02), same sponsored by Allied Irish Bank as part of the 100 Million Tree’s Initiative.

The public are welcome to attend at 10:00am, with schools; the local residents association and Refresh Thurles (Tidy Towns) being invited to volunteer to aid with the planting; on land held by Tipperary County Council and paid for by taxpayers.

100 Million Trees Project:

The 100 Million Trees Project is a national Not-for-Profit initiative being run by siblings, Richard, David and Tina Mulcahy.

The project aims to see the planting of 100 million native Irish trees across the island of Ireland over the next decade, as a community-driven initiative to reverse the immense environmental damage caused by the reduction of forests worldwide and the loss of huge areas of biodiversity.

The project’s ambitious aim will be achieved through densely planting between 500 and 2,500 native Irish trees at a time across small areas of land using ‘The Miyawaki method’.
Named after the Late Japanese Botanist, Professor Akira Miyawaki (1928-2021), who developed the technique in the 1970s as a means to restore degraded land, the Miyawaki Method of overplanting trees, has been successful in creating over 1,700 forests worldwide.

By planting excess trees together, these grow 10 times faster, 30 times denser, create an area 100 times more biodiverse and most importantly create a very rapid carbon sink. This inexpensive approach requires significantly smaller planting areas and can be carried out on unused or fallow land across Ireland. Dense areas of afforestation can also actually play a role in reducing the impact of forest fires, while at the same time provide excellent areas of biodiversity.
In 2022-2023 – 20,600 Irish native trees were planted in 6 counties on the island of Ireland.
In 2023-2024 – a further 201,750 Irish native trees were planted in 19 counties.
In 2024-2025 the target is to plant a further 550,000 trees in 28 counties.

This event is to be welcomed.

Meanwhile; sadly 3 mature trees lost their lives during Storm Éowyn last Thursday night – two trees in the immediate vicinity of Thurles Cemetery (One inside & one outside the entrance gates), and another mature tree which met its ‘Waterloo’ in the Drish River, latter situated on the Mill Road south of Thurles town.