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<blockquote data-quote="CaptainSensible" data-source="post: 6981856" data-attributes="member: 34104"><p>Why do you have such a hard on for Oliver Cromwell, Soundy??</p><p></p><p>If you were really opposed to his policies you'd be fully behind this plan to reintroduce the wolf, you ignominious Roundhead!!</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.irishtimes.com/news/curse-of-cromwell-extended-to-ireland-s-wolf-population-1.769291[/URL]</p><p></p><p>IT IS well known that <strong>Oliver Cromwell and his supporters</strong> spelt trouble for the native Irish, but <strong>their arrival also took a fatal toll on the Irish wolf population,</strong> according to a book published this week.</p><p></p><p>In it, Kieran Hickey of NUI Galway says the major push to rid Ireland of wild wolves came during the Cromwellian government in the 1650s, with legislation and bounties to kill them off.</p><p></p><p>While the Irish themselves did not fare so well back then, there were so many wolves in Ireland that settlers from England and Scotland referred to their new home as “Wolf-Land”.</p><p></p><p><strong>Very substantial bounties for wolf-kills led to systematic hunting </strong>until large areas were devoid of wolves through the late 1600s, says Dr Hickey. In an essay in Lost and Found II: Rediscovering Ireland’s Past, Dr Hickey says <strong>professional wolf-hunters came to Ireland</strong> to carry out the extermination, and those granted land had to kill wolves or face fines. In 10 years of research, he has amassed 500 references to wolves in history, archaeology and folklore, indicating the wolf had been in Ireland for at least 20,000 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaptainSensible, post: 6981856, member: 34104"] Why do you have such a hard on for Oliver Cromwell, Soundy?? If you were really opposed to his policies you'd be fully behind this plan to reintroduce the wolf, you ignominious Roundhead!! [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.irishtimes.com/news/curse-of-cromwell-extended-to-ireland-s-wolf-population-1.769291[/URL] IT IS well known that [B]Oliver Cromwell and his supporters[/B] spelt trouble for the native Irish, but [B]their arrival also took a fatal toll on the Irish wolf population,[/B] according to a book published this week. In it, Kieran Hickey of NUI Galway says the major push to rid Ireland of wild wolves came during the Cromwellian government in the 1650s, with legislation and bounties to kill them off. While the Irish themselves did not fare so well back then, there were so many wolves in Ireland that settlers from England and Scotland referred to their new home as “Wolf-Land”. [B]Very substantial bounties for wolf-kills led to systematic hunting [/B]until large areas were devoid of wolves through the late 1600s, says Dr Hickey. In an essay in Lost and Found II: Rediscovering Ireland’s Past, Dr Hickey says [B]professional wolf-hunters came to Ireland[/B] to carry out the extermination, and those granted land had to kill wolves or face fines. In 10 years of research, he has amassed 500 references to wolves in history, archaeology and folklore, indicating the wolf had been in Ireland for at least 20,000 years. [/QUOTE]
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