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The natural woods now remaining in the extreme West, and that more particularly come within the scope of this work, are Dun, Gleann, Eanach, Bilberry Island, Gort Darach, Coill Beag, and Coill Rua, upon or around Loch Coirib; Baile Uf Chadhain and Coill Bhride, on Loch Measca. Oireamh on the road between the Killeries and Westport, was probably originally a natural wood; and the islands in Tamhnach Mor Lake are certainly so. In Conamara the chief remaining woods are those of Coill Mor (overhanging the beautiful lake of that name), Gleann Dallach, Sean-Duille, Inbhear Mor, Inbhear na gCleireach, and Doire 'n Chlair, as well as the islands of Loch Eidhneach, etc. Their timber consists chiefly of oak, hazel, birch, mountain ash, yew, holly, wild apple, and white and black thorn. But in most of those localities other timber has been introduced, beech, alder, poplar, larch, fir, etc.