We would like to thank Pat O’Connor for taking part in the 100 Million Trees Project and making a beautiful site available for an Irish native mini-forest to help with Climate change.    

Thanks also to Mr Michael Hern for ploughing and harrowing the site; Mr Jonathan Moooney and his wonderful team @ Eurospar Abbeyside Waterford. For the magnanimous gesture of support in sponsoring the refreshments; Mrs Alma Shanahan Power of Surprise Surprise Home to Hospital charity West Waterford; Dungarvan Men’s Shed including Mr Michael Murphy chairman and all the shed members who supported the planting, and really earned the scones & hot cross buns on the day; Local community champions Cllrs John Pratt and Thomas Phelan who visited and supported the project from the outset; The visitors on the day from all over Co Waterford including farmers Mr Mickey and his son Ian Norris from Mothel; Mr Chris Walsh (farmer) and former board member of Waterford Co-op; Mr Tom Hickey & colleague (farmer) from Stradbaly Co Waterford; Mr Liam Lynch Ardmore; Pat’s great friend Bobby; young of 94 years Mr John Coffey from Knockawannia in the heart of the Nire Valley Ballymacarbry (who has had a lifelong affinity with the land, and trees and hedgerows were his passion. He was delighted to view the planting project especially on land he piked hay on back in the 1950s); r Michael Power Modeligo for his tireless efforts in the planting of the trees;   Thanks also to Kieran O’Connor and Sean Organ of WLRFM for their promotion of the 100 million tree  project and planting; Mr Billy Coleman and John Byrne of the Dungarvan Leader and a special mention for Ms Jo Bell (reporter) who covered the project, and wrote two excellent newspaper articles.  And finally a word of thanks to Pat’s lifelong friends Eddie Cantwell, Eamonn Griffin and Vinny O’ Donnell.

Thanks to everyone for being there from start to finish on the day …. The craic, camaraderie and community spirit soared high, and we will a Cunamh De, be able to watch the mini forest grow & evolve.    Pat as landowner is proud to leave this humble legacy along with the wider 10 acre biodiversity habitat as one piece of the 100 Million part jigsaw for the environment and hopes his children, Roseanne, and Garvan and their children, and the generations to follow will benefit from nature’s bounty.

To the tree planters at Forestry Services – thank you.

Thank you to the AIB for sponsoring this site.