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  2. Irish elk - Wikipedia

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    The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), [1] [2] also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia during the Pleistocene , from Ireland (where it is known from abundant remains found in bogs) to Lake Baikal in Siberia .

  3. Lough Gur - Wikipedia

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    This is one of the keeps used during the Desmond Rebellions and is probably the place where the Earl of Desmond secured his authority in 1573 after casting off his English apparel and donning Irish garments on his return to Munster from London. [citation needed] Lough Gur is a famous location for finding Irish Elk skeletons.

  4. Megaloceros - Wikipedia

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    In 1844 Richard Owen named another synonym of the Irish elk, including it within the newly named subgenus Megaceros, Cervus (Megaceros) hibernicus. This has been suggested to be derived from another junior synonym of the Irish elk described by J. Hart in 1825, Cervus megaceros. [8]

  5. Swanscombe Palaeolithic site - Wikipedia

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    Location map: Magic Map: Swanscombe Skull Site or Swanscombe Heritage Park is a 3.9-hectare (9.6-acre) ... Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), fallow deer, red deer ...

  6. Deer of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Skeleton of an Irish elk, Indian Museum. There are four species of deer living wild in Ireland today, namely red deer, fallow deer, sika deer, [1] and the recently introduced Reeve's muntjac, which is becoming established. Recently, roe deer have been spotted in county Wicklow and county Armagh. [2]

  7. Maigh Rein - Wikipedia

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    2 Location. 3 History. Toggle History subsection. 3.1 Plague. 3.2 Museum artefacts. ... Illustration of a skull of an Irish Elk from Chapelizod in Dublin. Irish elk

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  9. Wicklow Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Irish elk is an extinct species of deer that lived in the Wicklow Mountains c. 11,000 years ago, remains of which were discovered in great quantities in Ballybetagh Bog near Glencullen. [75] Wolves were also once native to the mountains but were hunted to extinction in Ireland: the last wolf in Wicklow was killed at Glendalough in 1710. [76]