dr_urbanus (Martin)
Millennium Bridge
The Millennium Bridge, built over a tributary of the River Blackwater, connects two People’s Millennium Forests, at Favour Royal in County Tyrone and Derrygorry just across the border in County Monaghan. It thereby created a new link between Northern Ireland and the Republic. It was officially opened by Bríd Rodgers, then the Northern Minister for Agriculture & Rural Development, on 24th October 2001.
The project is the largest attempt to date to restore Ireland’s native woodlands. Almost all of the 16 Peoples Millennium Forests are located on old native broadleaf woodland sites. Favour Royal was one of two forests in the North included in the project, the other being Castle Archdale in Co. Fermanagh.
Millennium Bridge
The Millennium Bridge, built over a tributary of the River Blackwater, connects two People’s Millennium Forests, at Favour Royal in County Tyrone and Derrygorry just across the border in County Monaghan. It thereby created a new link between Northern Ireland and the Republic. It was officially opened by Bríd Rodgers, then the Northern Minister for Agriculture & Rural Development, on 24th October 2001.
The project is the largest attempt to date to restore Ireland’s native woodlands. Almost all of the 16 Peoples Millennium Forests are located on old native broadleaf woodland sites. Favour Royal was one of two forests in the North included in the project, the other being Castle Archdale in Co. Fermanagh.