Roaring Water Journal at Myross Woods – April 2023

We had a wonderful day on Saturday April 22nd for an exploration of Myross Wood and the beautiful native flora that grows here, with local expert Finola Finlay, ecologist and project leader of our ‘Friends of Myross Wood’ project, Mark Robins, and local guide Conor Buckley. 

Fiona has written an enlightening blog post about the day on the ‘Roaring Water Journal’.

“I had the great pleasure yesterday of co-leading a walk through Myross Woods, along with Mark Robins and Conor Buckley.  Mark (that’s him above) is an ecologist, now retired to West Cork (and lucky we are to have him) and Conor is the dynamo who runs Gormú Adventures and who has an inexhaustible store of folklore, mythology,  and local history. My job was to talk about the wildflowers, Mark set the context by explaining what a healthy woodland habitat looked like, and Conor enriched all the narratives with local lore…..”

You can read the full account here