t May 28, 2008 8:56 PM
I looooved ur peice! It helped me alot on a homework asignement I had to do for school! I was suppose to do an article about something interessting about Ireland and I chose to do one about the last wolf of Ireland! Thx!
i anoyed because i have to do school powerpoint in front of 500-600 people and couldent find anything but i funt theis artical very hepful!! thanks of posting it!
Posted by: kathryn stafford at March 19, 2009 5:04 PM
I know this may nothing to with the subject , but i would like to if there is actually such things as the WereWolf , thanks i really Need to know , and i do hope the Wolves Return to Ireland =)
Posted by: Adam Irish Wolf at September 1, 2009 4:26 PM
The loss of the Irish wolf is disappointing indeed but there is the other side of it we need livestock . Ireland is a small country not like other countries where wolves roam in the wild miles from humans
Posted by: damien gately at December 14, 2009 8:19 PM
read The Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong to give context to all this
Posted by: John at December 11, 2010 8:59 AM
I'm delighted to see an article on wolves in ireland, if slightly biased. Wolves are a magnificent apex predator and their complete loss from Ireland is our loss. However, there are numerous documented cases of wolves attacking people, contrary to some of the comments here.There ARE documented cases of healthy wolves killing many people(in most cases young children),mostly in Eastern Europe and Asia but also in North America: Candice Berner in Alaska in 2010 and Kenton Joel Carnegie in Saskatchewan in 2005 being two of the latest that spring to mind. To those who seem to be suggesting releasing wolves into the wild, be aware that this is illegal(not to mention irresponsible) under the Wildlife Acts, and furthermore would result in a drastic drop in the fox population as the wolf will kill any lesser predators on sight. Just some food for thought!! Oh... and there is no such thing as werewolves!!! ;)
Posted by: paul masters at December 12, 2010 2:14 PM
I live in Ireland and this is the first I hear about wolves having ever lived here. I am originally French though and in France too, wolves have been exterminated, though a few have been reintroduced in some parts, which is always a big source of discontent with the local sheep owners.
The article here is very interesting, but I think it fails to address the most striking question. Wolves have been exterminated in Ireland, like they have in France, but not just that, they have been exterminated into complete oblivion. The French know there used to be wolves in France. They know that they've been wiped out. It's considered an important part of our medieval History and is always mentioned in schools when we study this time period. We have a major legend about it and even made a movie about it (Brotherhood of the Wolves). How come the Irish have never heard anything about wolves having even been there in the first place? Why and how have they been wiped out not just from the land, but from the mind and History so entirely?