...in "historic trees"

hanging trees

A tree

In the search for historic trees, hanging trees were mentioned but none were identified absolutely. Some must have existed to be remembered in folk lore, associated with conflict such as 1641 and 1798, but fiw such trees have survived.

The dramatic time of the 1798 rebellion had hanging trees, but more happily is associated with ‘Liberty Trees’ planted to celebrate and to express admiration for liberation achieved in the French Revolution and the American War of Independence which had many participants of Ulster origin.

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