New Bone Analysis Challenges Long-Held Theory on Farming's Arrival in Ireland and Great Britain

The “Kerry Cow” Wasn’t a Cow at All—And it Upends Stone Age Irish History

The “Kerry Cow” Wasn’t a Cow at All—And it Upends Stone Age Irish History: R.I.P. “Kerry cow”

New bone analysis challenges long-held theory on farming's arrival in Ireland and Great Britain

New research led by University College Dublin has rewritten a key chapter in Irish prehistory, revealing that bones long thought to mark the beginning of farming in Ireland belong to bear and wild boar, not cattle.

History rewritten: 'Kerry Cow' bones turn out to be bear's

Bones previously identified as belonging to domestic cattle and thought to mark the beginning of farming in Ireland were “never cattle at all”, according to new research from UCD.

Analysis of 'Kerry Cow' bones contests claim that farming came to Ireland before 4000BCE

Researchers found that the fragments, found at Ferriter’s Cove on the Dingle Peninsula more than 30 years ago, were not from domesticated cattle

New analysis reveals ancient farm bones belonged to bear

Scientists have made a "remarkable" new discovery after cow bones, long believed to have marked the advent of farming in Ireland, have now been identified as belonging to a bear or wild boar.

Ancient 'Kerry cow' bones discovered on Dingle Peninsula ‘were never cattle at all’

The discovery ‘removes one of the most significant pieces of evidence for when agriculture developed in Ireland or Britain’.