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SERVICES PROVIDED BY COMMERCIAL FORESTRY SERVICES LTD.

Commercial Forestry Services Ltd. is a leading Irish forestry consultancy and management business. The company provides a range of professional advisory and technical forestry services to clients including:

  • Forestry investment advice - Advice on the potential returns available from forestry investments for a range of investment options including; establishing forestry on bareland and the purchase of young or semi-mature woodlands.
  • Valuation services - Valuation of forest plantations in Ireland and abroad.
    (See Guidelines for the valuation of forest properties)
  • Forest management services - Technical management and maintenance of woodlands, including the management of a wide range of forestry projects such as:
    • management plans
    • reforestation
    • reconstitution of forests
    • woodland improvement
    • harvesting
    • timber sales
  • Marketing services - The marketing and sale of standing and felled timber.

CFS has been providing independent forestry consultancy and management services to leading institutional and private investors since 1986.
CFS has practical working experience of FSC Certification requirements and is managing woodlands which have successfully undergone an audit for FSC Certification and are FSC certified. (See About Us)

As well as forestry consultancy and management services, CFS undertakes

The following is a sample of woodlands managed by CFS or in which CFS has consultancy input with accompanying details of national forestry fielddays organised to these venues over the years:

  • Pluckerstown Woodlands, Kilmeague, Co. Kildare – Designed and managed by CFS and outright winner of the 1994 RDS/Forest Service Irish Forestry Award. Venue of national forestry fielddays in 1996 and 2007.
  • Farnham Woodlands, Farnham Estate, Co. Cavan – Winner of the RDS/FS Irish Forestry Awards Merit Award 1997 for Amenity forestry. Venue of national fielddays in 1992 and 1997. More recently CFS was involved in work on the woodland area in connection with the development of an 18 Hole Golf Course for the new Radisson SAS Farnham Estate Hotel.
  • Clonad Woodlands, Tullamore, Co. Offaly – Venue of a National fieldday in 1997 and currently undergoing a Forest Certification assessment.
  • Lisnavagh Woodlands, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow – Venue of national fielddays in 1994 and 2008.
  • Caledon Estate, Co. Tyrone – Venue of national fielddays in 1995 and 2005.
  • Hilton Park, Clones, Co. Monaghan – Venue of ITGA fieldday in the 1990s and national fieldday venue for Summer 2009.



CFS is involved in organising national forestry fielddays. The pictures above show a sample of these fielddays.

Commercial Forestry Services Ltd., 17 Castle Street, Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland.
Tel: + 353 1 2350988 - Fax: + 353 1 2350416 - Email: donalpwhelan@eircom.net