S.I. No. 415/1986:

NATURE RESERVE (KNOCKMOYLE/SHESKIN) ESTABLISHMENT ORDER, 1986.

NATURE RESERVE (KNOCKMOYLE/SHESKIN) ESTABLISHMENT ORDER, 1986.

I, LIAM KAVANAGH, Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry, after consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, the Minister for Communications and the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, being satisfied that the land specified in Article 2 of this Order, being land to which section 15 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (No. 39 of 1976), applies, includes a lowland blanket bog ecosystem which is of scientific interest and the said ecosystem is likely to benefit if measures are taken for its protection and that it is desirable to establish the said land as a nature reserve and that the proper management of the said land as a nature reserve would not be precluded by any interest of any other person on or over the said land, for the purpose of conserving the said ecosystem hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 15 of the said Act, as adapted by the Fisheries and Forestry (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1986 ( S.I. No. 40 of 1986 ), and amended by section 5 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40 of 1983), order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Nature Reserve (Knockmoyle/Sheskin) Establishment Order, 1986.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 29th day of December, 1986.

2. (1) It is hereby declared that the land specified in paragraph (2) of this Article shall constitute and there is hereby established a nature reserve.

(2) The land referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article is all that part of the land, known as Knockmoyle/Sheskin situate in the townlands of Knockmoyle, Laghtanvack, Sheskin and Srahnakilly and county of Mayo, other than any part thereof which forms part of a public road (if any) provided after the making of this Order, being the area within the inner margins of the black lines and hatched in black on the map contained in the Schedule to this Order.

Article (2)

SCHEDULE

KNOCKMOYLE/SHESKIN NATURE RESERVE

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of December, 1986.

LIAM KAVANAGH,

Minister for Tourism, Fisheries

and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Order establishes part of the lands situate in the townlands of Knockmoyle, Laghtanvack, Sheskin and Srahnakilly as a nature reserve so that it can be managed in such a way as to ensure the conservation of the peatland ecosystem which it constitutes.