New Thread! & #39;Wolves In Ireland: A Natural & Cultural History& #39;! I will be using my new book of the same name by Kieran Hickey as my main reference point! If you love #wolves, keep checking for new tweets! It will be full of myths, folklore & superstitions! @MagicalEurope #Ireland
"Modern genetic studies have shown that all domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are originally descended from the grey wolf (Canis lupus), which was first domesticated in Asia around 15,000 years ago." (Kieran Hickey). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐶" title="Dog face" aria-label="Emoji: Dog face">
The Tireragh Stone depicts the slaying of a wolf in #Ireland& #39; by a wolfhound in Co Leitrim in 17th C. Wolfhound belonged to O& #39;Dowd chieftain of Co Sligo. Area known as Carrownamadoo, "the dog& #39;s quarter" to commemorate the dog! [Irish translation from Dr M McGarry]. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">: K Hickey.
Wolf in place-names, ogham inscriptions, surnames & family crests in #Ireland! And many names for the wolf in Irish!
>mac tire, "son of the country/land"
>bréach, "wolf"
>faolchú, "wolf-hound"
>madras alta/allaid/allta, "wild dog"
>cano, "wolf cub"
>glaoidheamhain, "wolf howler"
There are Irish language wolf place-names in every province of #Ireland, & in 17 of the 32 counties! The county with the most is Clare! e.g. Knockaunvicteera="little hill of the wolf"; Breaghva East, Breaghva West & Breaffy. Most of the names relate to townlands https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">K Hickey https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">
There are Irish language wolf place-names in every province of   #Ireland, & in 17 of the 32 counties! The county with the most is Clare! e.g. Knockaunvicteera="little hill of the wolf"; Breaghva East, Breaghva West & Breaffy. Most of the names relate to townlands https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">K Hickey https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">" title="There are Irish language wolf place-names in every province of #Ireland, & in 17 of the 32 counties! The county with the most is Clare! e.g. Knockaunvicteera="little hill of the wolf"; Breaghva East, Breaghva West & Breaffy. Most of the names relate to townlands https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">K Hickey https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Some wolf townlands in N #Ireland for @placenamesni:
-Feltrim (Faeldruim), Co Down, "wolf ridge"
-Breaghy/Breaghey in Tynan parish, Co Armagh, "wolf"
-Breagho, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, "wolf"
-Ballybreagh (Baile Bréach) in Kilmore, Co Armagh, "town of the wolf" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">K Hickey https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">
Some wolf townlands in N   #Ireland for  @placenamesni:-Feltrim (Faeldruim), Co Down, "wolf ridge"-Breaghy/Breaghey in Tynan parish, Co Armagh, "wolf"-Breagho, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, "wolf"-Ballybreagh (Baile Bréach) in Kilmore, Co Armagh, "town of the wolf" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=K Hickey https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">" title="Some wolf townlands in N #Ireland for @placenamesni:-Feltrim (Faeldruim), Co Down, "wolf ridge"-Breaghy/Breaghey in Tynan parish, Co Armagh, "wolf"-Breagho, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, "wolf"-Ballybreagh (Baile Bréach) in Kilmore, Co Armagh, "town of the wolf" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">K Hickey https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
English wolf place names concentrated in N #Ireland e.g.
-near Belfast, Co Antrim
-Tamlaght O& #39;Crilly, Co Derry
-Drumlane, Co Derry
-Derrymacash, Co Armagh
-Aughnagurgan, Co Armagh
-Devenish & Enniskillen parish, Co Fermanagh
-Tildarg, near Ballyclare, Co Antrim
See https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">K Hickey.
Some Irish wolf personal names! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">
-Conán, "great/high wolf/hound"
-Conchobar (Connor), "wolf lover"
-Conn & Conri, "wolf" & wolf king" (ri=king)
-Ó Faoláin (Phelan & Whelan), "wolf" (with evil connotations)!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">K Hickey. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">Dublin zoo (Patrick Bolger). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">
Some Irish wolf personal names! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=-Conán, "great/high wolf/hound"-Conchobar (Connor), "wolf lover"-Conn & Conri, "wolf" & wolf king" (ri=king)-Ó Faoláin (Phelan & Whelan), "wolf" (with evil connotations)!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">K Hickey. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">Dublin zoo (Patrick Bolger). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">" title="Some Irish wolf personal names! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">-Conán, "great/high wolf/hound"-Conchobar (Connor), "wolf lover"-Conn & Conri, "wolf" & wolf king" (ri=king)-Ó Faoláin (Phelan & Whelan), "wolf" (with evil connotations)!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">K Hickey. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">Dublin zoo (Patrick Bolger). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐾" title="Paw prints" aria-label="Emoji: Paw prints">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
"Of all the animals, the wolf is perhaps the most feared in terms of superstition... everywhere linked with evil, just like the snake. This is clearly shown in the illustration of a wolf with an evil-looking tail in the Book of Kells". Kieran Hickey, Wolves In #Ireland. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">f76v https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">
Wolves in #Ireland! 3 #wolves can now be seen at Wild Ireland, a new sanctuary in Co Donegal! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face"> https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1187456766466023424?s=20">https://twitter.com/rtenews/s...
Story: after Diarmuid died, Gráinne lived at Slievenamon, Co Tipperary & gave birth to a son. However a wolf kept eating their food! The story goes that another son grabbed the wolf by the throat & held it until his mother returned. Presumably was killed! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright sign" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright sign">K Hickey https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face"> #Ireland
As a child a wolf stole future king Cormac mac Airt & suckled him in cave! Mum found him & took him back but, while crossing a mountain at night, wolves of #Ireland gathered to steal him back again, but thwarted by herd of wild horses! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">Dr M Dowd, Irish Cave Archaeology Project
Beautiful wolf art by @jimfitzpatrick! & #39;Nessa the Hunter& #39;; January in his calendar! #IrishArt
A smith& #39;s daughter became pregnant by presumed dead King Cormac & went out to woods to give birth. A belt naming him as Cormac& #39;s son put around his waist. Like Cormac, a she wolf carried him off & cared for him even more than her pups! Found 1 1/2 yrs later & identified by belt!
Wolves in #Ireland! 3 #wolves can now be seen at Wild Ireland, a new sanctuary in Co Donegal! Here& #39;s some fantastic photos of them! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face"> https://twitter.com/M_campbellphoto/status/1225533128757927936?s=20">https://twitter.com/M_campbel...
Cú Chulainn & another of the Fianna, Caoilte, were said to love to hear wolves howl & even described it as music! Cormac& #39;s Glossary describes the howling of wolves as uplifting! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Artist palette" aria-label="Emoji: Artist palette">Under Benbulbin, Co Sligo (artist unknown). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎶" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">
Cú Chulainn & another of the Fianna, Caoilte, were said to love to hear wolves howl & even described it as music! Cormac& #39;s Glossary describes the howling of wolves as uplifting! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=Under Benbulbin, Co Sligo (artist unknown). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎶" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">" title="Cú Chulainn & another of the Fianna, Caoilte, were said to love to hear wolves howl & even described it as music! Cormac& #39;s Glossary describes the howling of wolves as uplifting! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Artist palette" aria-label="Emoji: Artist palette">Under Benbulbin, Co Sligo (artist unknown). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎶" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
WB Yeats was interested in the Fianna & according to Kieran Hickey, for a printing of his & #39;Lake Isle of Innisfree& #39; (1888, aged c 23) he was depicted dressed up with wolfskin! No photo available! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Artist palette" aria-label="Emoji: Artist palette">WB Yeats painted by his father, John Butler Yeats, in 1900. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Artist palette" aria-label="Emoji: Artist palette">Diamond Painting. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">
High King Cormac mac Airt who had been raised by a she-wolf in the caves of Kesh, Co Sligo, Ireland, said to have understood wolf speech! Also said that 4 wolves accompanied him into battle against Lugaid mac Con, & for the rest of his life! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">
An old Irish saga tells of events associated with possible reign of Cormac mac Airt (227-266 AD), written 11th C in Book of Leacain. Includes ransom for Fionn mac Cumhaill of 2 of main animals of Ireland, including wolves! Hints of Noah story!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Artist palette" aria-label="Emoji: Artist palette">Edward Hicks https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">a brighter cloudhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">
The 8th C tale Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (part of the Book of the Dun Cow) notes that King Conaire kept 7 wolves as hostages in his house in order to ensure that the wolves of Ireland only took 1 male calf from each herd each year! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">Gary Wilson at Dublin Zoo.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">
The 8th C tale Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (part of the Book of the Dun Cow) notes that King Conaire kept 7 wolves as hostages in his house in order to ensure that the wolves of Ireland only took 1 male calf from each herd each year! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=Gary Wilson at Dublin Zoo.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">" title="The 8th C tale Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (part of the Book of the Dun Cow) notes that King Conaire kept 7 wolves as hostages in his house in order to ensure that the wolves of Ireland only took 1 male calf from each herd each year! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">Gary Wilson at Dublin Zoo.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Wolves very important to Ireland& #39;s Viking invaders! eg Early Norse myth of world& #39;s creation, fall & renewal, where the end of the world is signified by 2 wolves attacking the sun (Sol) & moon (Mani)! 2 wolves are Skoll & Hati. This happens at Ragnarok.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Artist palette" aria-label="Emoji: Artist palette">JC Dollman (1909) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌞" title="Sun with face" aria-label="Emoji: Sun with face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌘" title="Waning crescent moon symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Waning crescent moon symbol">
Wolves very important to Ireland& #39;s Viking invaders! eg Early Norse myth of world& #39;s creation, fall & renewal, where the end of the world is signified by 2 wolves attacking the sun (Sol) & moon (Mani)! 2 wolves are Skoll & Hati. This happens at Ragnarok.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=JC Dollman (1909) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌞" title="Sun with face" aria-label="Emoji: Sun with face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌘" title="Waning crescent moon symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Waning crescent moon symbol">" title="Wolves very important to Ireland& #39;s Viking invaders! eg Early Norse myth of world& #39;s creation, fall & renewal, where the end of the world is signified by 2 wolves attacking the sun (Sol) & moon (Mani)! 2 wolves are Skoll & Hati. This happens at Ragnarok.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Artist palette" aria-label="Emoji: Artist palette">JC Dollman (1909) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌞" title="Sun with face" aria-label="Emoji: Sun with face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolf face" aria-label="Emoji: Wolf face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌘" title="Waning crescent moon symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Waning crescent moon symbol">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
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