There may be some, Dorothy, but not to any great extent. There are many eighteenth and nineteenth centuries references contained in the Papers of the Abercorn Estate (Cos Tyrone and Donegal) to the poaching of trees by tenants and others requiring timber for building and repairing cottages. Woodkeepers were employed to protect and conserve the numerous woods planted on the estate and guilty tenants were fined and threatened with cancellation of leases. And several major military conflicts and wars have seen their removal for military use. Len Swindley ________________________________ From: Len Swindley <len_swindley@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, 22 October 2023 11:11 AM To: gauntde@gmail.com <gauntde@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Trees Planted in Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1702 There may be some, Dorothy, but not to any great extent. There are many eighteenth and nineteenth centuries references contained in the Papers of the Abercorn Estate (Cos Tyrone and Donegal) to the poaching of trees by tenants and others requiring timber for building and repairing cottages. Woodkeepers were employed to protect and conserve the numerous woods planted on the estate and guilty tenants were fined and threatened with cancellation of leases. And several major military conflicts and wars have seen their removal for military use. Len Swindley ________________________________ From: gauntde@gmail.com <gauntde@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 11 October 2023 9:18 AM To: 'Len Swindley' <len_swindley@hotmail.com>; 'CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List' <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> Cc: 'James McKane' <jamckane@gmail.com> Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Trees Planted in Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1702 Thanks Len. I daresay there are some specimens (or their descendants) still there. Dorothy From: Len Swindley <len_swindley@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10:53 AM To: gauntde@gmail.com; CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> Cc: James McKane <jamckane@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Trees Planted in Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1702 Hello all, Timber was a valuable commercial commodity in the construction of houses and furniture and of great interest to the Irish Parliament which passed an act for planting and preserving timber trees and wood in 1705 Initially, it was intended that the parish be responsible for planting trees but the act was amended and the requirement to undertake planting fell upon landholders and leaseholders. Valuable and popular species were oak, fir, elm, walnut, poplar and alder. Regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Audtralia ________________________________ From: James McKane via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com<mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com>> Sent: Wednesday, 11 October 2023 4:59 AM To: gauntde@gmail.com<mailto:gauntde@gmail.com> <gauntde@gmail.com<mailto:gauntde@gmail.com>> Cc: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com<mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com>>; James McKane <jamckane@gmail.com<mailto:jamckane@gmail.com>> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Trees Planted in Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1702 Sorry, the only info available is in the article. Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 1:26 PM <gauntde@gmail.com<mailto:gauntde@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks Malcolm and Jim! Do we know what sot of trees were planted? I’d like to picture them in my imagination. Dorothy (in NZ) From: James McKane via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com<mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com>> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 10:23 PM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com<mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com>> Cc: James McKane <jamckane@gmail.com<mailto:jamckane@gmail.com>> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] New Content - Trees Planted in Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1702 Trees Planted in Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1702<https://www.cotyroneireland.com/misc/trees.html> Thanks to Malcolm McClure for another great addition to CTI! Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario