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 ...

As fans of "Ulysses" gathered in Dublin for Bloomsday in the centennial year of the novel’s publication in 2022, the Old Irish Goat Society marked the occasion by celebrating one of the famous scenes ...

New findings show that the Old Irish Goat is genetically connected to animals that lived in Ireland around 3000 years ago during the Late Bronze Age. This research indicates that the rare native breed ...

A Rare Goat Breed Living in Ireland Today Carries DNA That Traces Back to the Bronze Age ...

Humans brought domestic goats to Ireland roughly 5,900 years ago, and the hardy, sure-footed ruminants have played an important role in the island’s biological and cultural heritage ever since. Today, ...

The Goat Surf Club is about more than surfing, but that doesn’t mean the crew can’t dedicate quality time to finding the best surf spots on their trip to Ireland. In episode three of the new series ...

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 ...

We refer to our children as ‘kids’, but our attitude to goats is ambivalent. Muriel the Goat, in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, is a respectable citizen. She can read, but she’s deemed to be lower in ...