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Where Ancient Refugees Built Mountain Sanctuaries and Europe's Largest Wind Farm Met Environmental Disaster

October 31st, 2003 witnessed the catastrophic Derrybrien landslide at Cashlaundrumlahan hill when tonnes of peat dislodged during construction of Europe's largest wind farm devastated the Owendalulleegh River with environmental pollution that killed 50,000 fish and triggered €…

Derrybrien is a small place in County Galway. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.