We
at the Tuatha volunteers extend a big thank you/Míle buíochas to the
Connacht Tribune and Galway City Tribune newspapers for devoting two
full pages in this week's county and city editions to the Terryland
Forest Park.
The
article wonderfully encapsulates the story of the park- from the local
residents campaign in the mid 1990s that led to its inception; to the
first mass community planting on March 12th 2000; to the recent array of
fantastic enhancements such as eco-heritage trails, a giant 'fairy
ring' structure, regenerative farming and the installation of monuments
to the Mincéir and Farming communities; to the opportunities now in
existence to make Galway City the Eco-Capital (a National Park City) of
Ireland that would include the development of a network of parks and
traditional Greenways using the almost forgotten 'boreens' (country
lanes) that exist within and on the periphery of our urban boundaries;
and finally the problems that need to be faced up to by City Hall to
make this a reality such as protecting Terryland, Merlin and Barna
municipal parks from encroachment by built development as well as
putting in place a proper functioning regular litter management system
for parks as well as a parks' ranger unit.
So
for a good informative read on how to make our city a better place for
people and biodiversity, and to support good local investigative
journalism go buy a copy of this week's Tribune (digital or hard copy)!
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