HRH The Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Cornwall planting a tree at NUI Galway

Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Cornwall, planting a Sessile Oak beside the Quadrangle at NUI Galway.

NUI Galway is Ireland’s most biodiverse university, and over 100 specimen trees surround the historic Quadrangle, some as old as the building itself. Today, in a special ceremony, Their Royal Highnesses will plant a sessile oak beside the Quadrangle.

The sessile oak has particularly special meaning as it connects Ireland, Wales and Cornwall. It is the official National Tree of Ireland, where it is known as the Irish oak or Dair ghaelach (‘Gaelic oak’). Also, it is the national tree of Wales and is considered the national tree of Cornwall, as reflected by its other common names, the Welsh oak and the Cornish Oak.

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