'It’s a piece of heaven, isn’t it?': A West Cork rainforest and the mission to rewild it

When we talk of rainforests, our default is to think of the tropical, the exotic. Towering trees that draw the eyes to the sky, unfamiliar sounds, overpowering heat.

Yet, like an open secret, Ireland too has its native rainforests.

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