Irish hare

A chance meeting during an afternoon walk.

Irish Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) a Hare adapted to Mountainous Regions of Ireland

Arctic Hare in Finnish taiga forest.

Landscape, seas and geographic location plays a pivotal role in Celtic peoples history, beliefs and recognition of themselves. Our culture tells us that we are part of and completely tied to the lands in which we live and the sea that surrounds us. Consequently, as might be expected, Celtic mythology and folklore place the natural world at centre stage. In these stories everything in nature possess a spirit and presence of their own, including mountains, rocks, trees, rivers and all things…

This photo is from a delightful article that appeared in LIFE Magazine back in 1956. It is the usual fate of the Irish hare, a wild strain betwixt the Scottish and European varieties, to sleep by day in the hedgerows and by night to scurry through plowed fields in search of leafy delicacies. To live long he must be a wary hare, on guard always against man, his guns and dogs. This might have been the life of Horace, the loveable hare, had he not fallen three years ago (1953) into the hands of…

The Golden Hare of Rathlin island which lises a few Miles of the Northern Ireland coast, it is a bit of a rareity with only a handful on the island and as far as I know there aren't to many on the mainland of Ireland, so this makes them fairly unique on the World stage.

From the Connemara pony to the mighty red deer, here is our list of 10 amazing animal species native to Ireland. How many have you spotted in the wild?

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