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the population in recorded as nine Irish. In 1749 the buildings 

 aie enumerated as five castles and fifty cottages, and two-thirds 

 of the area was grass land or tilled. In the first half of the 

 nineteenth century the population was 100 to 120, and farming 

 operations were cariied on with success until the island was sold 

 by Lord Talbot, about which time the old resident families 

 seem to have died out or emigrated. The pier and coastguard 

 station were built between 1822 and 1829 > tne chapel in 1833. 



MAMMALS. 



BY C. RARING. 



The list of Lambay mammals is not a long one Including the 

 two ungulates recently and purposely introduced (marked * 

 below), it consists of the following nine species, representatives 

 of five orders : — 



Whiskered Bat (Vespertilio mystacimis). 



Grey Seal (Halichcerus grypus). 



Brown Rat (Mus decumanus). 



Long-tailed Field Mouse (Mus sylvaticus). 



House Mouse (Mas musculus). 



Rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). 

 *Fallow Deer (Cervus clama). 

 *Moufflon (Ovis musimon). 



Porpoise (Phoccenu communis). 



Bats. 



Bats are not numerous. A few find breeding places round the 

 castle. One caught in the autumn of 1905 was identified as the 

 Whiskered Bat. Neither the Common nor the Long-eared Bat 

 has been observed, nor have bats been noticed in the caves. 



The Grey Seal. 



Lambay has for long been known as a place of resort for seals ; 

 but the species, and the fact that it breeds on the island, do not 

 appear to have been put on record. No doubt the deeply 



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