THIS stunning Irish island has rugged coastal walks, homemade goat’s cheese and some of the best wildlife spotting in the ...

1100–900 BCE, and the medieval town of Carrickfergus in Co Antrim. Radiocarbon dating, genetic and protein analyses were used to confirm that the Late Bronze Age animals are the oldest goat remains ...

Humans brought domestic goats to Ireland roughly 5,900 years ago, and the hardy, sure-footed ruminants have played an important role in the island’s biological and cultural heritage ever since. Today, ...

New findings show that the Old Irish Goat is genetically connected to animals that lived in Ireland around 3000 years ago during the Late Bronze Age. This research indicates that the rare native breed ...

“What in the name of Cirque de Soleil is going on in the garden today?” asks the farmer in this video in a delightful Irish brogue, as he comes upon a paddock in which a goat is seen standing on top ...