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Long Walk Trees

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Telling the Story of Dundalk's Natural Heritage

Year2022
StatusComplete
ClientThe Heritage Council

From Demense Trees to Urban Trees

As part of the Collaborative Town Centre Health Check (CTCHC) project, ACT was commissioned by The Heritage Council to complete a project narrating the natural heritage of Dundalk's Long Walk trees. The project's output included an  animation which contexualised the 42 Long Walk trees and showed the multiple co-benefits these urban trees provide Dundalk Town Centre. 

The project worked with a range of stakeholders including Dundalk Business Improvement District (BID), Louth County Council, Louth County Museum, The Museum of Childhood and Bluesky Mapping. 

1. Dún DealganThe original location of Dún Dealgan established along the Castletown River.
2. 'Newtown' DundalkDún Dealgan moves downstream to the natural crossing point of the Castletown River where it meets the Irish Sea.
3. Dundalk's great locationDundalk's location at a crossing made it a place where people came together and led to it becoming an important port
4. The Demesne's establishment1730s - Lord Limerick's 400 acre western expansion of Dundalk
5. Dundalk expands1770s - Lord Limerick's eastern urban expansion of Dundalk's urban area.
6. Dundalk expandsEarly 1900s - Dundalk's urban area expands westward into the Demesne during the Industrial Revolution and with railways
7. Dundalk today2022 - Dundalk's urban area continues to multiply during the private car period
8. Today's remaining Demesne pocketsThe Long Walk Trees are one of the most biodiverse of those remaining Demesne pockets
9. The Long Walk TreesFound at non-native boundary forest of the Demesne, it contains 9 different non-native species
10. The Long Walk Trees'One of the most important parts of Dundalk's Natural Heritage'
11. The Long Walk Trees1 Tree Protected Area in Dundalk
12. The Long Walk Trees1 of 64 Tree Protected Areas in Dundalk

Explore More of Dundalk's Natural Heritage

Alongside the natural heritage animation ACT created Dundalk's Tree Sightseeing Map which utilised the council's existing Tree Protection Order dataset. This map enabled users to the other 63 tree protected areas around Dundalk Town.  

Dundalk's Tree Sightseeing Map

Collaborators

Project Stakeholder

  • Dundalk Business Improvement District (BID)
  • Louth County Council
  • Louth County Museum
  • The Museum of Childhood

Geospatial Data

  • Bluesky

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