Rewilding Projects across Ireland
Rewilding projects return land from farming, forestry or peat extraction to natural habitat and then let natural processes take over. Some are open to walk in; others can be visited only on a booked tour or open day.
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Brigit’s Garden
Eleven acres of native woodland and wildflower meadow twenty minutes north of Galway city, laid out as four gardens following…
Last verified 2026-07-13
Cloughjordan Ecovillage
A planned village of fifty-five energy-efficient houses on the edge of Cloughjordan, heated by a biomass district system, with an…
Last verified 2026-07-13
Dunsany Nature Reserve
The largest private rewilding project in Ireland, on the Dunsany estate in Meath.
Last verified 2026-07-13
Hometree
A nature-restoration charity in Ennistymon, Co. Clare, buying degraded land and putting native woodland back.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Lough Boora Discovery Park
A worked-out Bord na Móna bog in west Offaly remade as lakes, wetlands and a 24-piece sculpture park, open year-round.
Last verified 2026-07-15
Wild Nephin National Park
Fifteen thousand hectares of uninhabited Mayo wilderness, built around the Nephin Beg mountains and the Owenduff Bog.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Wildacres Nature Reserve
Thirty-four acres near Redcross in Wicklow that two people bought off a sheep farm and gave back to nature.
Last verified 2026-07-11