Thunderclap Murphy

Rewilding Projects across Ireland

Places in Ireland where land has been taken out of production and handed back to nature, and where you can go and see what happens next. Some are State wilderness on an enormous scale. Others are a private estate, or a few dozen acres bought and replanted by two people. Access varies, and several are seen on a booked tour rather than by turning up, so every entry says how to get in.

7 listings

  • Brigit’s Garden

    Rewilding Projects · Galway

    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

    Rewilding Projects · Tipperary

    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

    Rewilding Projects · Meath

    The largest private rewilding project in Ireland, on the Dunsany estate in Meath.

    Last verified 2026-07-13

  • Hometree

    Rewilding Projects · Clare

    A nature-restoration charity in Ennistymon, Co.

    Last verified 2026-07-11

  • Lough Boora Discovery Park

    Rewilding Projects · Offaly

    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

    Rewilding Projects · Mayo

    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

    Rewilding Projects · Wicklow

    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