Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1891, an estimated 282,000 old Irish Goats roamed the country. “This research is a huge milestone for the Old Irish Goat, and ...

A society advocating for the protection of the endangered Old Irish Goat has warned that the animal continues to be hunted for fun, leaving it at risk of extinction. Sinéad Keane, a volunteer with the ...

New research finds a genetic link between modern Old Irish goats and goats living in Ireland during the Late Bronze Age. Old Irish Goat Society Humans brought domestic goats to Ireland roughly 5,900 ...

Learn more about the Old Irish Goat, Ireland’s only indigenous breed that traces its roots back to the Late Bronze Age. In the wilds of Ireland live a fascinating yet dwindling breed of goats known as ...

The Old Irish Goat isn’t just part of folklore — it’s genetically linked to goats that lived in Ireland 3,000 years ago. Scientists analyzed ancient remains and discovered that today’s rare breed ...

New research has revealed that the Old Irish Goat shares a 3,000-year genetic link with goats living in Ireland during the Late Bronze Age. The findings suggest that the rare indigenous breed ...

The expression “old goat”, often applied with more fondness than ire, has some basis in fact – at least as far as the Old Irish Goat is concerned. A new study led by researchers in UCD in ...

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1100–900 BCE, and the medieval town of Carrickfergus in Co Antrim. Radiocarbon dating, genetic and protein analyses were used to confirm that the Late Bronze Age animals are the oldest goat remains ...