[1] The forest is predominantly made up of sitka spruce but Norway spruce, western red cedar, European larch, Douglas fir, noble fir, and Scots, lodgepole and Corsican pines are also found there.

On 27 March 1991 McAllister had her throat slit by her husband's lover, Susan Christie, while they walked together in the woods.

Christie originally claimed that a "wild bearded man" attacked them both but she was later convicted of manslaughter.

[2][3][4][5] On 20 December 2004 Karen McMullan was left at Drumkeeragh forest, along with a burnt out car, after being held hostage for more than 24 hours.

The kidnapping was part of the robbery of Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast, where her husband worked.