EOIN Ó COISNEACHÁIN
 Bhí
an t-am ann nuair a bhí an tír iomlán clúdaithe
le crainnte - ach faraor, ní mar sin atá anois. Fear
amháin atá ag déanamh a sciar chun an scéal
a athrú ná Eoin Ó Coisneacháin. Tógadh
é ar fheirm beag taobh amuigh de Bhéal Feirste agus
le déanaí thug é féin, a dheartháir
agus a athair faoi chrainnte a phlandáil ar tríocha
acra den fheirm céanna sin. Mhínigh sé do Eoghan
Ó Néill cad chuige….
This country used to be so covered with forest from top to bottom
that a squirrel could hop from branch to branch and travel from
one end of the country to the other without touching the ground
- at least, that's what they say! One man who is doing his bit anyway
to bring the trees back to the land is Eoin Ó Coisneacháin.
Working with his father and brother, Eoin recently planted thirty
acres of trees on his father's farm outside Belfast. In conversation
with Eoghan Ó Néill, he explains why…
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