Native Woodlands across Ireland
Native woodlands are woods of native Irish trees, such as sessile oak, birch, hazel, holly and yew, that have grown and regenerated largely by natural means. Every wood in this list is open to the public, and most are inside a national park or a nature reserve.
9 listings
Brackloon Wood
A surviving fragment of Atlantic oak woodland south of Westport, with a way-marked 2.8km loop through oaks up to two hundred years old.
Last verified 2026-08-03
Dromore Wood Nature Reserve
A National Parks and Wildlife nature reserve near Ruan in Clare — hazel-ash woodland, a lake, turloughs and the ruins of Dromore Castle, with marked trails.
Last verified 2026-07-20
Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve
A steep valley of sessile oak on the N11 in north Wicklow, and the best surviving oak wood of its kind within reach of Dublin.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve
Three hundred hectares of old oak woodland a kilometre outside Glengarriff village in west Cork, rated one of the best oceanic sessile oak woods in Ireland.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Glenveagh National Park
Native oak and birch woodland on the lower slopes of a glaciated valley in the Derryveagh Mountains, Donegal.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Killarney National Park
Ten thousand hectares of oak and yew wood, lake and mountain in Kerry, including Reenadinna, the largest yew woodland in Western Europe.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Rostrevor Forest Nature Reserve
A mature oak wood on a steep slope above Carlingford Lough, with three waymarked trails and free entry every day.
Last verified 2026-08-17
Tomnafinnoge Woods
The last fragment of the great oak woods of Tinahely, in south Wicklow.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Union Wood
Oak woodland eight kilometres south of Sligo town, with looped trails and views from Union Rock.
Last verified 2026-07-27