 There are no snakes in Ireland and only one species of reptile ( the common lizard ) is native to the island . Extinct species include the Irish elk , the great auk and the wolf . Some previously extinct birds , such as the golden eagle , been reintroduced in about the year 2000 after decades of extirpation . Until medieval times Ireland was heavily forested with oak , pine and birch . Forests today cover about 12 @.@ 6 % of Ireland , of which 4 @,@ 450 km ² or one million acres is owned by Coillte , the Republic 's forestry service . 
 <a href='dey_it' title='1'><mark>There</mark></a> are no snakes in Ireland and only one species of reptile ( the common lizard ) <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>native to the island . Extinct species include the Irish elk , the great auk and the wolf . Some previously extinct birds , such as the golden eagle , been reintroduced in about the year 2000 after decades of extirpation . Until medieval times Ireland was heavily forested with oak , pine and birch . Forests today cover about 12 @.@ 6 % of Ireland , of which 4 @,@ 450 km ² or one million acres is owned by Coillte , the Republic <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>forestry service . 
It ain't no snakes in Ireland and only one species of reptile ( the common lizard ) native to the island . Extinct species include the Irish elk , da great auk and the wolf . Some previously extinct birds , such as the golden eagle , been reintroduced in abt tdayear 2000 after decades of extirpation . Until medieval times Ireland was heavily forested witt oak , pine and birch . Forests today cover about 12 @.@ 6 % of Ireland , of which 4 @,@ 450 km ² or one million acres is owned by Coillte , thdaepublic  forestry service .