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Rare Breed Preservation Grant
The Old Irish Goat Society was delighted to receive a €1,000 grant for the preservation of rare breeds for an equipment storage facility. The storage facility will accommodate
06/12/2022
Published Media
Articles
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A Goat’s Lament
A poem by Catherine McGeachy I groaned a gutted gasp As I heaved my last Breath In bloodied solitude Downed in secret hills For mindless
09/01/2022
Article
Old Irish Goat Society statement addressing native goat sport hunting.
The Old Irish Goat Society does not support the promotion of trophy hunting enabled by Irish agencies profiting from inadequate legislation in this country and
09/01/2022
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Old Irish Goat Centre Officially Opens
After extensive renovations to the old garda barracks in Mulranny, the Old Irish Goat Society had its official opening with Michael Ring TD. The interpretive
13/09/2021
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Old Irish Goats Return to Howth Head after Century
Old Irish Goats Return to Howth Head after Century Long Wait The Old Irish Goat Society has commenced a conservation grazing project, with Old Irish
13/09/2021
Videos
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Old Irish Goats Return to Howth Head after Century
Old Irish Goats Return to Howth Head after Century Long Wait The Old Irish Goat Society has commenced a conservation grazing project, with Old Irish
13/09/2021
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An Irish TV Broadcast
A sanctuary and visitor center in Mulranny County Mayo, has been built to protect the endangered old Irish goat.
15/08/2020
The Old Irish Goat Project
The old Irish Goat Society Reporter Tracey May Halloran of The Western People interviews Sean Carolan, Chairman of Mulranny Tidy Towns and member of the
29/03/2019
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Tourist Potential of the Old Irish Goat in Mulranny
Carol Loftus, Mulranny Tourism is interviewed on The Great Western Greenway during Heritage Week by Tracey Halloran, reporter with The Western People. Carol speaks about the tourism potential of the Old Irish Goat for Mulranny and Co. Mayo and the importance of saving Ireland’s native goat.
21/03/2019
Video
RTE One Nationwide
RTE ONE broadcast on 20/02/2011 The Old Irish goat story starts at 8:49 minutes into the program and ends at at 17:40 minutes.
16/03/2019
Documents
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What is The Old Irish Goat?
What is an Old Irish Goat? The Old Irish Goat is Ireland’s indigenous, landrace breed of goat. The term “landrace” refers here to the fact
16/03/2019
Archive
An extensive archive of material will be available soon. Ray Werner has spent 60 years researching rare goats of Britain and Ireland as well as other northern hemisphere landrace goats and has made his work available for this archive.
In addition, this archive holds audio of lectures from the Rare Breeds conferences, film clips and a vast gallery of photos of Old Irish and landrace goats of Britain, Ireland and elsewhere.