The old Irish for Wolf was Mac Tíre, which means son of the land. Ireland still had a population of probably 1,000 wolves in the 1600s, but a campaign to exterminate them was started after the Cromwellian invasion in the middle of that century. The last known wolf was killed in 1786.
June 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The old Irish for Wolf was Mac Tíre, which means son of the land. Ireland still had a population of probably 1,000 wolves in the 1600s, but a campaign to exterminate them was started after the Cromwellian invasion in the middle of that century. The last known wolf was killed in 1786.