It is preserved with religious veneration by the peasantry. One of the most famous ancient trees in Ireland is the Muckross Friary Yew which stands in the center of the cloisters of the ruined ...

Now the imposing Witches Yew is among five Irish trees in the running to be judged the nations finest tree, with the public invited to vote online for their favourite. The winner will then go up ...

Those whose research is limited to herbaria may come to the opposite conclusion. The Yew-Trees of Great Britain and Ireland. By John Lowe, &c. Pp. xiv + 270. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1897.) ...

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 ...

A "magnificent" Surrey yew tree, which is thought to be more than 500 years old, has been named the Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year. The tree is growing in the grounds of the ruined Waverley ...