Pollnaknockaun Wood

Pollnaknockaun Wood Nature Reserve (Irish: Anaclann Dúlra Choill Pholl na gCnocán) protects approximately 96 acres of ancient oakwood near Woodford in southeast County Galway, Ireland. Established as a national nature reserve in 1983 and designated a Special Area of Conservation, it preserves significant remnants of the sessile oak forests that once dominated the Slieve Aughty Mountains. Along with nearby Derrycrag and Rosturra Woods, it represents a fragment of the extensive woodlands that covered this landscape for centuries before widespread clearance. The reserve is managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to protect its irreplaceable old-growth oak woodland ecosystem.