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War dogs among the early Irish

In the Celtic world, as elsewhere, canines were admired for their senses of sight, smell and hearing. Dogs were used on hunting expeditions and to guard homes, as domestic pets and as a source of food. They abound in surviving mythology and folk tradition and are well represented in religion, where they are often associated ... Read more

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Categories Features, General, Issue 5 (Sep/Oct 2009), Letters, Medieval History (pre-1500), Medieval Social Perspectives, Volume 17
Nationalism’s pilot light?
The IRB: ‘a natural outcome of Young Irelandism’?

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