Wicklow Mountains National Park new land acquisition announced
The Wicklow Mountains National Park is to increase in size by some 1,602 acres. This is the approximately the same area as the Phoenix Park in Dublin.
The total area of the National Park is now 17,650 hectares. The annoucement of the land acquisition was made by Mr. Dick Roche, minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local government.
The purchase of this land links two previously separated blocks of the park. It now provides for a continuous area of National Park land along the spine of the Wicklow Mountains from the Feather Beds on the Dublin Border to Baravore, just short of Lugnaquilla Mountain.
To find out more about the Wicklow Mountains National Park, just visit the website at www.wicklownationalpark.ie
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September 3rd, 2006 at 3:25 pm
[…] The castle and estate are owned by Garech Browne, a member of the Guinness brewing family. Mr. Browne completed a deal in March with the Irish government and sold over 1,600 acres of the estate land for €1.72m to extend the public ownership of the Wicklow Mountains National Park. […]
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