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 ...

Terenure, or Tír an Iuir (the land of the ... What they are doing in Yew Tree goes against everything you hear about the vagaries of the restaurant industry, and I’m not quite sure how they ...

Mogens EngelundThe Fortingall Yew tree in Perthshire, U.K., could be the oldest living organism in Europe. Crowds of unruly ...

or glen of the birch – and the Dublin suburb of Terenure is derived from Tir an Iuir, or land of the yew. Birch trees featured strongly as a symbol of love in Celtic times, according to Mac Ciotir.

The future of a unique attraction has been safeguarded by five years of funding. Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue is a topiary collection near the Rutland village with roots which stretch back more than ...

When USDA botanist Arthur Barclay collected a sample of bark from the Pacific yew tree in Washington State in 1962, he had no way of knowing that the sample would yield one of the most important ...

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 ...

The ancient,sacred,regenerative,death-defying yew treehttps: It might be the oldest tree in Britain. A yew tree that sprawls over a churchyard in Wales is more than 5,000 years old, according to ...

ILLAHEE, Wash. – The reign of a contender for the title of oldest Pacific yew tree in the United States has come to an end. The yew's gnarled, bubbly bark and green limbs – celebrated for ...