Your link greatly understates later human (predominantly British people) impact from 1500 onwards: https://www.forestryservices.ie/history-of-forestry-in-irela

Your link greatly understates later human (predominantly British people) impact from 1500 onwards: https://www.forestryservices.ie/history-of-forestry-in-ireland/ https://www.forestryservices.ie/history-of-forestry-in-irela... Basically my opinion is that we should be allowed to mess up our own island but another country messing with our island is a crime and infringement of our sovereignty. So yea -- thumbs up to Neolithic farmers trying to make ends meet vs a thumbs down to a global Empire bent on taking over the world through it's military navy.