An Abhallann and the Wexford Lough blossom!
On a beautiful day in Spring 2014 the community around Oulart Hill came together to plant An Abhallan – you can read the original post here. 9 old varieties of apple tree where planted – many by people with direct connections to those that faced the red coats on that fateful day in 1798.
Fittingly the Wexford Lough variety was the first to blossom in May 2015!
Positions of Varieties
Some photos from the planting in 2014
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- 3 generations of Hylands
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- Joe Hyland, daughter Linda, and grandson Joseph
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- Members of The Wild Geese Hitorical Society from the 3rd Infantry Battalion, St Stephen’s Barracks, Kilkenny
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- Lar Roche, John Dempsey, Kieran Kelly, Frank Murphy
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- Brian O Cleirigh having a last look at a measurement
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- Lily O’Toole and daughter Jane
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- Kieran Kelly, Curclogh
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- Voluntary Workers Thomas Murphy, Clologue; John Breen, The Harrow and Brian O Cleirigh
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- Lily with Laurence de Lacey
