{"id":130,"date":"2024-07-18T15:09:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.246.148.107\/?p=130"},"modified":"2025-05-14T17:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:03:54","slug":"the-hungry-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bubblbook.com\/blog\/the-hungry-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hungry Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It isn\u2019t the first tree to eat something that stood in its way.\u00a0Other trees<\/a>\u00a0around the world have acted similarly when faced with an obstacle that intrudes upon their growth. Still that hasn\u2019t stopped the Hungry Tree from being listed by the Tree Council of Ireland as one of Ireland\u2019s Heritage Trees.<\/p>\n

The arboreal bench-eater is located within the grounds of The Honorable Society of King\u2019s Inns, Ireland\u2019s oldest school of law, established in 1541 during the reign of King Henry VIII. The grounds are open and accessible to the public and lead on to Henrietta Street, which along with King\u2019s Inns itself has been used as a location for many films and TV dramas.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”http:\/\/bubblbook.com” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”BUBBLBOOK IT” button_alignment=”center” admin_label=”Bubblbutton” _builder_version=”3.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#ff9800″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”2px” button_font=”||||||||” button_use_icon=”off” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”-1px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” box_shadow_blur=”9px” box_shadow_spread=”-2px” custom_margin=”10%|||” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”bounce” button_text_color_hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.85)” button_bg_color_hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.3)” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.85)” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_bg_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.3)” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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