3/6/2024 0 Comments Deer hunter 2005 hybrid mapThis declined between 19 to as few as 60. ![]() It is known that at the turn of the century there were in excess of 1500 Red deer in Killarney. By the middle of the 19th century the last home of the Red deer was in the woodlands and mountains around Killarney, where their preservation was due to the strict protection of the two large estates of Herberts of Muckross and the Brownes, Earl of Kenmare. At this time they roamed freely through out Ireland, however as a result of deforestation, over hunting and the Great Famine (1845 – 1847) many populations became extinct. They are believed to have had a continuous presence in Ireland since the end of the last Ice Age (c. ![]() Red deer are our largest and the only native species to Ireland.
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