This compilation of folklore, legends, and history relating to animals in Ireland includes description of their relations with people and being hunted for food, fur, sport, or as vermin, and their position today. How and when non-native animals arrived in Ireland is discussed and how the boundary between wild and domestic animals has been more uncertain than people realise.
| ISBN: | 9781848890602 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2010 |
| Author: | Niall Mac Coitir, Gordon DArcy |
| Publisher: | Collins Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 262 pages |
| Genres: |
Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology) |