On Lá Fhéile Bríde/St Brigid’s Day, Tuatha volunteers gathered on the banks of the River Corrib beside the ruins of the Terryland Castle, originally built in the 13th century by the Anglo-Norman invaders at a narrow point of the river to monitor water traffic and to act as part of the city's outer defenses against the native Gaelic Irish.
Today this area represents the start (western boundary) of the Terryland Forest Park Galway whose defenders and guardians are the Tuatha and the council parks staff.
This morning the Tuatha gave due recognition and respect to Lá Fhéile Bríde as the first day in the Celtic calendar of Spring, the season of rebirth.
In the photo, our volunteers hold saplings grown from the seeds of trees planted in the park 25 to 20 years ago by the people of Galway. These saplings, from our new in-park nursery, will be planted next month to replace trees that fell during last week's devastating Storm Éolwyn.
It is so beautiful to know that offspring of some of these trees will replace their fallen parents and help the diverse life of the forest continue on into the next 25 years.
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