Irish goat

{{Infobox goat breed

| name = Irish Goat

| image = Irish goats around Glendalough - Ireland - panoramio.jpg

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| image_alt =

| image_caption = Near Glendalough

| status = {{ubl|FAO (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|page=65}}|DAD-IS (2019): at risk{{r|dad}}}}

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| country = Ireland

| distribution = country-wide

| standard =

| use = {{ubl|meat|milk}}

| weight =

| maleweight = 85 kg{{r|dad}}

| femaleweight = 55 kg{{r|dad}}

| height =

| maleheight = 90 cm{{r|dad}}

| femaleheight = 80 cm{{r|dad}}

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| woolcolour =

| facecolour =

| horns = horned in both sexes{{r|dad}}

| beard = yes{{r|oigs}}

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The Irish Goat is a traditional Irish breed of domestic goat. It is a dual-purpose breed, used both for meat and for milk.{{r|cabi|page=366}} It is an endangered breed and may survive only in feral populations.{{r|oigs}} It is distinct from the feral Bilberry Goat of Waterford.{{r|cabi|page=366}}

History

The Irish Goat is the traditional domestic goat of Ireland. A herd-book was started in 1918.{{r|cabi|page=366}}

In 1994 a breed population of 6650 was reported to the DAD-IS breed database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,{{r|dad}} and in 2007 its conservation status was listed by the FAO as "not at risk".{{r|barb|page=65}} It has since become an endangered breed: in 2019 breed numbers were reported to be 25–30, and conservation status was "at risk".{{r|dad}} According to The Old Irish Goat Society, it survives only in feral populations and is extinct in domesticity.{{r|oigs}} It was not on the goat watchlist of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in 2019.{{r|rbst}}

== Characteristics ==

The Irish Goat is long-haired, bearded and horned in both sexes; the hair may be black, grey or white.{{r|cabi|page=366|oigs}}

References

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{{cite book |chapter=Annex: Breeds currently recorded in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources |editor-last1=Rischkowsky |editor-first1=Barbara |editor-last2=Pilling |editor-first2=Dafydd |title=The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |date=2007 |publisher=FAO |location=Rome |isbn=978-92-5-105762-9 |url=https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/435afdb0-3d4d-42b5-9a04-758ff80b89a1 |chapter-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf }}

Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{ISBN|9781780647944}}.

[http://www.fao.org/dad-is/browse-by-country-and-species/en/ Breed data sheet: Irish Goat / Ireland (Goat)]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2019.

[http://oldirishgoat.ie/ The Old Irish Goat]. The Old Irish Goat Society. Accessed December 2019.

[https://www.rbst.org.uk/Pages/Category/goat-watchlist Goat watchlist]. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Accessed December 2019.

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Category:Goat breeds originating in Ireland

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