COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive if it would be a good idea to plant native Irish Trees along both sides of the footpaths of Corkagh Park and other parks in the area to create avenues of trees?

REPLY:

Tree planting in parks and open spaces can be carried out in a number of different ways.  This includes formal arrangements such as avenues, grids, lines, etc and informal arrangements such as groups, copses, woodlands, etc.  Parkland planting can also include individual specimen trees, hedgerows, shelterbelts and riparian planting.  It is the combination and method used for tree planting in parks that helps to create the identity for the location and can be used to define particular areas within a larger landscape.

Corkagh Park has two significant tree avenues which lead visitors into the park.  The Beech avenue which runs from St Johns Car Park past the playground and the Oak avenue which runs from the Green Isle Road Car Park past the dog run.  An avenue of trees was planted approximately two years ago in the vicinity of the Kilcarberry Grange housing development as requested by the ACM.

The planting of additional avenues of native trees will be considered in the context of the existing treescape that exists in Corkagh Park and other parks in the area.