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Goats By Breed - Irish Goat

By: "Gary Pfalzbot"

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    The Irish Goat is a long haired, bearded goat breed found in Ireland and is the traditional domestic goat of Ireland. It is found in white, black and gray. The breed is used for both meat and milk production. A herd-book was started in 1918.

    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, and in 2007 its conservation status was listed by the FAO as "not at risk". It has since become an endangered breed: in 2019 breed numbers were reported to be 25–30, and conservation status was "at risk". According to The Old Irish Goat Society, it survives only in feral populations, and is extinct in domesticity. It was not on the goat watchlist of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in 2019.

  • Weight:
    • Male: 85 kg
    • Female: 55 kg

  • Height:
    • Male: 90 cm
    • Female: 80 cm

  • Horn status: Horned in both sexes.

  • Reference:
    Mason, I.L. 1996.
    A World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties.
    Fourth Edition. C.A.B International. 273 pp.

    Irish Goat - WikiPedia

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    About the author: Gary Pfalzbot is a Service Connected Disabled Veteran and the web master of GoatWorld as well as some other web sites. He has raised goats over the years, been involved with 4-H (as a young boy) and currently resides in Colorado where he and his wife Pam raise a few breeds of goats and other animals, and primarily author the GoatWorld web site to continue to inform, educate, and promote the industry.

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