Scéal na bhForaoisí

Stair na bhforaoisí in Éirinn is ábhar do chlár na seachtaine seo á chur i láthair ag Manchán Magan. Breathnóidh sé ar na cineálach tuanna agus na bealaí eile a bhí ann fadó le foraoisí a leagan chun talamh feirme a dhéanamh as. Ag tús an 19ú céad ní raibh ach 1% den tír faoi chlúdach foraoisí. Pléifear an éacht a rinne an togra Avondale ó thaobh crainn a thabhairt isteach ón gcoigríoch chun an tír a athphlandáil go háirithe an Sprús Sitceach.

The history of forests in Ireland is the subject of this week 's program presented by Manchán Magan. It looks at the types of axes and other ways in which forests have been felled to turn farmland. At the beginning of the 19th century only 1% of the country was covered by forests. The achievement of the Avondale proposal in bringing in trees from abroad to replant the country, especially Sitka Spruce, will be discussed.