To: Minister for Nature, Heritage & Biodiversity Christopher O'Sullivan

Make Lugnaquilla our next National Park

Looking into the north prison of Lugnaquilla from Camara Hill, Wicklow. By kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0
Mr O'Sullivan,

You said a goal of yours is to significantly expand the number of national parks and nature reserves owned by the State. The sale of the land around and including Lugnaquilla, Leinster's highest peak, is the perfect opportunity. 

Please engage with the vendors and secure this area for NPWS and the Irish people before it goes to public auction and we potentially lose more of our precious heritage and unique habitats to foreign investment or private wealth.

Why is this important?

The Aghavannagh Mountain holding is a c.1,527ac upland estate in the heart of the Wicklow Mountains, with 1,518 acres extending in one unbroken block from the village of Aghavannagh to the summit of Lugnaquilla.

At 925 metres, it is the highest mountain in Leinster and the highest peak in Ireland outside of Kerry.

Is close to the Wicklow Way, Ireland's oldest and most celebrated long-distance walking trail.

The land contains extensive priority habitats under EU law, upland heather moorland and blanket bog.
Wicklow, Ireland

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