Clonegal Village
Sráidbhaile Cluain na nGall
Tree Survey 2019
Suirbhé Crann 2019 Clonegal Village Map A B C D E
1 High Street
Parkbridge Road Tullow Road
2
Carlow Road
Main Street
3 Banks Lane Carnew Road
4
Bunclody Road
5
Kildavin Road
St. Brigid’s Church St. Fiaac’s (page 4) Main Street (page 11) (page 7)
Valleyview (page 4) Carlow Road (page 8) Moyacomb Meadows (page 12)
St. Brigid’s Terrace Tullow Road (page 5) Riverside & Bridge (page 9 ) (pages 12/13)
Methodist Cemetery Radharc na Doirí (page 9) (page 6) Watch House (page 13)
School (page 6) The Green (page 10) Watch House Village (page 14)
High Street (page 7) Wicklow Way Park Leaf Identification (page 10) (page 15) Clonegal Tree Survey page 3
Key to the symbols of trees
Acer Elder Oak
Alder Fir Pine
Ash Hawthorn Prunus
Beech Hazel Rowan
Blue Cedar Holly Silver Birch
Cherry Hornbeam Sorbus
Spanish Chestnut Juniper Chestnut
Conifers Lawson Sycamore Cypress
Copper Beech Lime Thuja
Crab Apple Malus Willow
Cypress Maple Yew
Main Street, Clonegal
Acknowledgments: Photographs: Margaret Grant. Tree Identification: Margaret Grant Totalling of the trees: Margaret Grant Thanks to the Clonegal/Kildavin Website Development Committee for their support with this tree survey. Map courtesy of: EastWest Mapping, Ballyredmond, Clonegal. Website: www.eastwestmapping.ie Cover Photo: Beech Tree in St. Fiaac’s Burial Ground Clonegal Tree Survey page 4
Trees in St. Fiaac’s Church Grounds
Map Detail
St. Fiaac’s Church
Two Chamption Lime tree in the grounds of St. Fiaac’s Church. The Cover photo is a Beech tree in St. Fiaac’s Burial Grounds There are 2 Lime, 1 Beech, 1 Oak, 2 Yew and 4 Cypress Grid Reference: C1 Trees in Valleyview
Left: The Valleyview Bank on the Tullow Road contains 7 Ash trees. Grid Reference: B1
Tullow Road
Valleyview Estate Map Detail
The trees in the Valleyview Estate are as follows: 4 Prunus; 8 Ash; 1 Hawthorn; 4 Birch; 3 Maple; 1 Holly and 1 Sycamore Clonegal Tree Survey page 5
Trees on the Tullow Road
A champion Chestnut Tree close to the school on the Tullow Road. This tree is over 100 years old. Grid reference: B2
Tullow Road Tullow Road
On the Tullow Road are: The Chamption Chestnut; 2 Sycamore; 1 Rowan; 1 Ash; 1 Maple; 1 Beech; 3 Birch; 2 Cherry; 1 Willow and 2 Lime Grid reference: B2
Tullow Road
Map Detail (above) Above is a Rowan Tree and Birch which are visible from the Tullow Road Grid reference: C3 Clonegal Tree Survey page 6
Trees in the Methodist Cemetery
7 Birch, 4 Lime, 2 Chestnuts, 1 Ash, 1 Weeping Pear Map Detail (above) Grid reference: B2
Trees in the School Grounds
Map Detail (above)
11 Birch, 5 Sycamore, 1 Holm Oak, 10 Conifers, 3 Cherry, 1 Hazel, 4 Alder, 1 Maple, 2 Chestnuts, 1 Oak, 1 Hawthorn, 1 Lime Grid reference: B2
Below: Some of the trees in the back field of the school Grid reference: B2
Front of the school
Above: A Lime Tree (right) and a Rowan Tree in front of the school with the champion Chestnut Tree in the background Grid reference: B2 Back Field of the school Clonegal Tree Survey page 7
Trees on High Street
High Street
The trees on High Street: 5 Lawson Cypress, 2 Yew, 1 Fir, 1 Elder, 2 Hawthorn and 5 Sycamore. Map Detail (above) Grid reference: B1/B2
Trees in St. Brigid’s Church Grounds
Map Detail (below)
Canadian Blue Copper Beech Cedar
In the Church grounds are: Canadian Blue Cedar, a Copper Beech both seen above with Lawson Cypress in the background. Also there are two Rowan and a Hornbeam. Grid reference: B2 Clonegal Tree Survey page 8
Trees on the Carlow Road
Sycamore
Silver Birch
Carlow Road
There are 25 Silver Birch Trees on the Carlow Road, Above is a Spanish Chestnut. a Spanish Chestnut, 1 Lawson Cypress, 3 Sycamore, Below is a close up of the 1 Ash, 1 Holly, Hawthorns and 2 Cherry. The photo Spanish Chestnut above (left) shows the Silver Birches and the Sycamore at St. Brigid’s Well. Grid reference: A2 / B2
Silver Birch
Sycamore
Carlow Road
Map Detail (left) Clonegal Tree Survey page 9
Trees in St. Brigid’s Terrace
Map Detail (below)
Trees in St. Brigid’s Terrace: 23 Hawthorn, 20 Rowan, 10 Ash, 4 Holm Oak, 6 Birch, 9 Prunus, 1 Elder Grid reference: C2
Trees in Radharc na Doirí
Silver Birch Trees in Radharc na Doirí
Trees in Radharc na Doirí: 12 Rowan, 4 Silver Birch, 3 Lime and 1 Oak Map Detail (above) Grid reference: C2/D2 Clonegal Tree Survey page 10
The Tree on the Green
The tree on the Centre Green is an Oak. It was planted in 1996 and was approximately 6 years old when planted. It was donated anonymously. Grid reference: B2
Map Detail (above)
Trees in the Wicklow Way Park
Lawson Cypress Chestnut Silver Birch Cherry
Thuja
Wicklow Way Park
Millennium Oak
Wicklow Way Park map detail above
The following trees are in the Wicklow Way Park: 2 Juniper, 7 Birch, 2 Maple, 4 Rowan, 1 Popular, 1 Hazel Contorta, 1 Elder, 2 Cypress, 3 Holly, 1 Oak, 5 Cherry, 2 Holm Oak, 1 Copper Beech and 1 Thuja. The Oak (photo above right) was a gift from Carlow County Council to commemorate the Millennium 2000. Grid reference: C2 Clonegal Tree Survey page 11
Trees on Main Street
Lime Tree on Main Street
Map detail of Main Street (Above)
Oak Tree on Main Street
Chestnut Tree on Main Street
Trees on Main Street: 7 Lime; 2 Sycamore; 1 Holly; 6 Birch; 10 Fir; 2 Oak; 1 Hawthorn; 5 Chestnut; 1 Elder; 1 Maple; 1 Cherry; 1 Pine; 2 Cypress; 3 Lawson Cypress. Grid Reference: C2/3 Clonegal Tree Survey page 12
Trees in Moyacomb Meadows
Trees in Moyacomb Meadows: 2 Malus; 4 Prunus; 7 Cherry; 5 Acer; 4 Willow; 6 Sorbus; 5 Crab Apple Grid Reference: B3/C3
Map detail of Moyacomb Meadows (Left)
Trees at Riverside and the Bridge
Left: Lime Tree at Clonegal Bridge There are 4 Lime Trees at the Riverside which are in their 3rd Century. Grid Reference: C3/4 Clonegal Tree Survey page 13
Trees at Riverside and the Bridge Below: View of the Ash Wood inside the Bridge wall, planted in 1995
Above: View of the Ash Wood from Clonegal Bridge. Grid Reference: D3
Trees at Watch House
Silver Birch
Chestnut Lawson Cypress Oak Copper Crab Apple Beech Holly Willow
Watch House map detail left
Trees in the Watch House: 1 Willow; 2 Oak; 5 Lawson Cypress; 4 Chestnut; 1 Rowan; 2 Birch; 1 Sycamore; 1 Holly, 3 Crab Apple; 1 Beech; 1 Maple Grid Reference: D4 Clonegal Tree Survey page 14
Trees at Watch House Village
Above: Map detail of Watch House Village
Above: 3 Crab Apple and 3 Silver Birch
Above: 2 Rowan trees and 2 Oak trees at Watch House Village Above: An Ash tree on the northern boundary of Watch House Village. Trees at Watch House Village: This Ash tree is about 130 years old. 3 Crab Apple; 3 Silver Birch; 3 Rowan; There is a young Oak tree and Rowan 5 Oak and 1 Ash tree in the foreground. Grid Reference: D3/E3 Clonegal Tree Survey page 15
Leaf Identification
Acer
Blue Cedar - Cedar Gorm (Cedrus Atlantica Glauca) Conifer - Buaircíneacha (Pinophyta)
Alder - Fearnóg (Alnus glutinosa)
Copper Beech - Fea Copair (Fagus sylvatica) Cherry - Silíní (Prunus avium)
Ash - Fuinseog (Fraxinus excelsior)
Chestnut Beech - Crann Fea Crann Cnó Capaill Crab Apple - Crann fia-úll (Fagus) (Aesculus hippocastanum) (Malus sylvestris) Clonegal Tree Survey page 16
Leaf Identification ...... continued
Cypress - Crann Copair (Taxodium distichum) Hazel - Coll (Corylus avellana) Lawson Cypress Crann Pailme (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Elder - Crann Truim (Sambucus nigra) Holly - Cuileann (Ilex aquifolium) Lime - Crann Teile (Tilia x europaea)
Fir - Crann giúise (Abies) Hornbeam - Crann Sleamhaín (Betulaceae) Malus - Crab Apple (Malus)
Hawthorn - Sceach gheal (Crataegus monogyna) Juniper - Aitil Maple - Crann Mailp (Juniperus) (Acer) Clonegal Tree Survey page 17
Leaf Identification ...... continued
Oak - Dair ghallda Sycamore - Siceamóir (Quercus robur) (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Rowan - Caorthann (Sorbus aucuparia)
Thuja - (Cupressaceae)
Pine - Crann Giúise (Pinus) Silver Birch - Beith gheal (Betula pendula)
Willow - Saileach (Salix spp.)
Prunus (Prunus) Spanish Chestnut Yew - Iúr Cnó Capaill Milis (Castanea sativa) (Taxus baccata)