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Uplands and Commonage

CountryWide by RTÉ

Aug 15, 20260:23:39Science & Medicine

We’ll begin on the hills and it’s about commonage - land own between farmers. Roughly 400,000 hectares of farmland is held under commonage, and it can become some of the richest habitat in the country. Managing it well m...

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Uplands and Commonage is an episode from CountryWide by RTÉ. We’ll begin on the hills and it’s about commonage - land own between farmers. Roughly 400,000 hectares of farmland is held under commonage, and it can become some of the richest h...

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Published Aug 15, 2026, 0:23:39 long, audio available.

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