THE ELM IS THE ONLY NATIVE
ELM IN IRELAND. IT IS A WIDE
RANGING TREE.. THEY ARE
TYPICALLY MOUNTAINOUS
SPECIES PREFERRING MOIST
SOILS AND HIGHER
HUMIDITY’S, ITS NAME IN
IRISH MEANS MOUNTAIN ELM,
SLÉIBHE BEING MOUNTAIN
THIS ELM WATCH COMES
FROM AN AREA IN GALWAY
CALLED ABBEYKNOCKMOY.
ABBEYKNOCKMOY WAS
ORIGINALLY A CISTERCIAN
ABBEY FOUNDED IN 1190 BY
THE KING OF CONNACHT