Welcome to the North East Forestry Group

The North East Forestry Group was formed with the support of Teagasc in May 2013. It is open to forest owners in Cavan, Louth, Meath and Monaghan.

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Currently there are 37,360 hectares with 930 forest owners in the above counties. The county breakdown is as follows:

  • 16,830 hectares in Cavan with 462 forest owners
  • 2,430 hectares in Louth with 45 forest owners
  • 12,500 hectares in Meath with 259 forest owners
  • 5,600 hectares in Monaghan with 164 forest owners

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The purpose of this Group, is to gather forest owners who are interested in maximising their forest’s potential return and, with the help of Teagasc, there can be a number of benefits

  1. Gathering clusters of similar aged plantations, to get economies of scale in harvesting and seller of timber.

  2. Running various courses (e.g. chainsaw and first aid).

  3. Forest producers can pool knowledge of contractors and thinning procedures to achieve best return from their forests.

  4. The North East Forestry Group provides a number of field days and events, with expert speakers on various forest activities.
  1. We welcome all sizes and categories of forest and forest owners from the novice to the experienced.


  2. The North East Forestry Group are one of the only private owner groups in Ireland to achieve FSC Certification.


  3. We have run very successful Knowledge Transfer Groups (KTG) where forest owners were paid to attend various workshops and field days to expand their knowledge and learn best practices in managing their forest.

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  • Derek McCabe
  • - Chairman
  • Owen Cooney
  • - Vice Chairman
  • John Sherlock
  • - Assistant Secretary
  • Frances Ball
  • - Secretary
  • Peter Farrelly
  • - Treasurer
  • Martin Oakes
  • - Committee Member
  • Stephen Clarke
  • - Committee Member
  • Cathal Rudden
  • - Committee Member
  • William Woods
  • - Committee Member
  • Aoghan Cooney
  • - Committee Member
  • Fiona Sherlock
  • - Committee Member

Input from our Group members is always welcome and very much appreciated.

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Navan | Co Meath | Republic of Ireland
northeastforestrygroup@gmail.com

  • Fiona Sherlock
  • - Committee Member
  • Aoghan Cooney
  • - Committee Member
  • William Woods
  • - Committee Member
  • Cathal Rudden
  • - Committee Member
  • Stephen Clarke
  • - Committee Member
  • Martin Oakes
  • - Committee Member
  • Peter Farrelly
  • - Treasurer
  • Frances Ball
  • - Secretary
  • John Sherlock
  • - Assistant Secretary
  • Owen Cooney
  • - Vice Chairman
If there is a company/individual that you feel warrants being added to this list, which will benefit your fellow members, please contact the Secretary on the form shown here, and your suggestion will be put before the North East Forestry Group at the next available meeting.

Input from our Group members is always welcome and very much appreciated.

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Navan | Co Meath | Republic of Ireland
northeastforestrygroup@gmail.com

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