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Dr Annaleigh Margey, who is the Head of Department of Humanities at Dundalk Institute of Technology
A Letterkenny woman will lead a major new €1.2 million ancient woodland project.
Dr Annaleigh Margey, who is the Head of Department of Humanities at Dundalk Institute of Technology will head up the collaborative project between DkIT, NUI Maynooth and Teagasc Research Ireland’s Ancient Woodlands.
A research grant of €1,215,941.46, which has been allocated, is one of 20 granted nationally worth just over €24 million to support research across 16 institutes.
The Ancient Woodlands Ireland project aims to better understand and protect Irelands woodlands.
These are areas that have been wooded since at least 1660 and are important for biodiversity, carbon storage, and cultural significance.
Ancient woodlands in Ireland are rare and fragmented, and existing lists of these woodlands are incomplete and the project wants to fill in these gaps in knowledge.
The project will use a mix of traditional and new methods, including historical maps, satellite imagery, and ecological data.
By combining information from various sources, they aim to create a comprehensive inventory of ancient woodlands across the entire island.
Dr Margey, who attended the funding announcement launch at DAFM Backweston Campus recently, will lead a work package as part of 14 Ancient Woodlands Ireland in collaboration with the project coordinator John Devaney, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
The package is for a PhD researcher to undertake a project on determining woodland antiquity through assessment of historical map and documentary evidence.
The PHD researcher will assess the archival and cartographic record to determine evidence of woodland in Ireland from 1500 to 1800.
The purpose of this research will be to build upon previous work on Ireland’s environmental history to provide a broad, working survey of the available historical sources and an all-island analysis of the course of Irish forestry from 1500 until 1800.
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