Coillte is the State forestry company, which was established in 1989, pursuant to the Forestry Act 1988, at which time the bulk of the State’s forest properties were vested in the company.
Coillte has provided the following table which shows lands owned or managed by Coillte, whether forested or not, by county:
County
|
Total Area(Hectares)
|
Carlow
|
3,781
|
Cavan
|
8,702
|
Clare
|
25,895
|
Cork
|
49,916
|
Donegal
|
42,165
|
Dublin
|
1,980
|
Galway
|
43,885
|
Kerry
|
21,549
|
Kildare
|
3,884
|
Kilkenny
|
10,847
|
Laois
|
16,402
|
Leitrim
|
14,518
|
Limerick
|
13,592
|
Longford
|
3,386
|
Louth
|
1,705
|
Mayo
|
39,669
|
Meath
|
1,674
|
Monaghan
|
3,314
|
Offaly
|
9,715
|
Roscommon
|
10,436
|
Sligo
|
14,646
|
Tipperary
|
33,033
|
Waterford
|
19,477
|
Westmeath
|
5,344
|
Wexford
|
8,963
|
Wicklow
|
30,220
|
Total
|
438,698
|
I understand that Coillte’s forest estate is divided into 321 different forest properties which are organised into six Business Area Units (BAUs), a map of which, showing the component counties, may be found on the company’s website at http://www.coillte.ie/our-forests/public-goods/forest-plans/