Gaelic Woodland Project - People-Powered Reforestation

Welcome!

We are a skill-sharing, 100% volunteering Registered Charity founded in 2019 to support and encourage
Irish ecological restoration. We’re committed to both Creating Woodlands for future generations and Protecting Woodlands from invasive species.

In May 2025, we planted our first new native woodland in our own site in Co. Mayo, funded exclusively through donations, fundraisers and community support. Read more about our mission below, and if you’d like to support our work, please consider making a Donation.

Creating Woodlands

We’ve already purchased and planted our first site to create a new native woodland completely through fundraisers and donations. We intend to work our way into creating a bigger commemorative forest on the 200th anniversary of the Great Famine in 2045. All donors are offered a 21-year licensed plot to ensure the long-term protection of these new forests for Ireland.

Protecting Woodlands

We’ve developed a non-mechanised, open-source approach to remove Invasive Cherry Laurel from our forests and turn it into a source of FREE BIOFUEL. Alongside volunteer working days, we advocate for the enacting of proper legislation to protect Irish nature, as well as educating and raising awareness.

Do You Want To Get Involved?

Donate

Our donors are the soil in which our trees grow. Donate today to support our reforestation work!

Volunteer

Join our Volunteer’s Whatsapp Community to stay in tune about events, volunteer-days and other happenings.

Fundraise

If you’d like to put on an event to raise funds in our aid, we’d love to hear about it and help you to make it happen.

Skill - Share

Got a useful skill you’d like to volunteer? Fill up this form so we can tap into your expertise in the future.

Just sharing any aspect of our mission with anyone you know can be a great way to support our reforestation work.

Our Milestones

2022

Though active since 2019, we became an officially Registered Charity in 2022, and continued to collect donations, as well as fundraising through nature walks and other small events.

2023

We began developing our Invasive Cherry Laurel removal methodology through working days with our volunteers, harvesting several tons of a new source of biofuel. We also put on a significant amount of fundraising events and awareness talks in music festivals.

2024

We fundraised enough to purchase our first small site in Co. Mayo, which will be planted in May 2025, and make use of European forestation premiums to keep funding our efforts. These are 12 acres given back to nature, forever.

2025

We planted our very own first small woodland in Cloonlavis, Co. Mayo. After this massive milestone, we will keep fundraising and harvesting Cherry Laurel, as well as educating through talks and articles, and advocating for legislation to prohibit the sale of Invasive Species.