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The modern Irish name for Newry is An tIúr (pronounced [ənʲ ˈtʲuːɾˠ]), which means "the yew tree". An tIúr is a shortening of Iúr Cinn Trá, "yew tree at the head of the strand", which was formerly the most common Irish name for Newry. This relates to an apocryphal story that Saint Patrick planted a yew tree there in the 5th century.
As a result of the volume of cuttings taking from the tree and the shade of larger ash and sycamore trees surrounding it, the Florence Court Yew has lost much of the characteristic shape and balance of its species. As of 2010, the condition of the tree was stable although moss, which thrives in the tree's damp location, was slowing the tree's ...
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In Gaelic Scotland children were given the astringent sap of the tree as a medicine and as a protection against witch-craft. Some famous ash trees were the Tree of Uisnech, the Bough of Dathí, and the Tree of Tortu. The French poet who used Breton sources, Marie de France (late 12th century), wrote a lai about an ash tree.
Reenadinna Wood is also one of the largest woods that are dominated by common yew (Taxus baccata L.) in the UK and Ireland. [23] It is the only significant area of yew woodland in Ireland and is one of just three pure yew woodlands in Europe. [22] It is of considerable ecological and conservation interest, as yew is rarely a woodland dominant.
The most notable tree on the estate is the Florence Court Yew. This specimen is survivor of the two original Irish Yew (Taxus baccata 'fastigiata') saplings discovered in 1767 by local farmer George Willis on Cuilcagh mountain. As the Irish Yew can be propagated only from cuttings, this tree is the progenitor of almost all Irish Yews worldwide. [7]
The Llangernyw Yew. The Llangernyw Yew (pronounced [ɬanˈɡɛrnɨu] ⓘ) is an ancient yew (Taxus baccata) in the village of Llangernyw, Conwy, Wales. The tree is fragmented and its core part has been lost, leaving several enormous offshoots. The girth of the tree at the ground level is 10.75 m (35.3 ft). [1]
Yew Tree may refer to: Yew, any of various coniferous plants; Yew Tree, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England; Yew Tree Tarn, a lake in the Lake District, England; Yew Tree (ward), an electoral division in Liverpool; Yew Tree Colliery, a coalfield in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester