Irish Country life history
From the monthly archives: August 2011
Ireland is a small island with over 200 offshore islands off the north-western shore of the European mainland. Our nearest neighbours are England, Scotland and Wales. Its total area is approximately 20,000,000 acres or 8,000,000 Hectares. However, its seabed ownership up is quite an extensive one. Take a look at the “new” map of Ireland, [...]
The first people of the Mesolithic Stone Age arrived sometime after 7,000 BC. By this time the country had a canopy of trees through-out. Willow was the first important producer of pollen along with the juniper and then both of these trees were quickly shaded out by the expansion of of the birch woods. Pollen [...]
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