Yew trees were once widespread throughout Ireland. Irish names for Yew include Iúr and Eó. Mayo is anglicised from ‘Maigh Eó’ which translates as ‘The Plain of the Yew’; Terenure comes from ‘Tír an ...
THE yew wood at Reenadinn, (Iúrchoill na Rinne) is a wonderful place and deserves to be included as one of our special species of Kerry. It stands on approximately 25 hectares of a limestone outcrop ...