48 The Irish Natu7alist, March, ^ 



inhabited Europe. It is quite possible then that either or j 



both these words were apphed to the Irish Elk." Mr. I 



Gogan suggested to me that the word ceApb might have ] 



been used for that species. I cannot find the word in my \ 

 Irish Dictionary, but I presume it corresponds to the 

 Scotch-Gaelic "carr" or " cer " which has been rendered 



by " Stag." i 



The words "brae" and "fast" are the Scotch-Gaelic, | 



according to Forbes, for Reindeer. j 



Id Alston's list two Irish words are given for Roebuck, | 



viz., ]:e^t\b65 and poc ftu\"6. But this deer never was i 



a native of Ireland, and O'Reilly translates the former by ; 



Hare or Red Deer, while he states " Roebuck" is ):e^Afit)oc : 

 in Irish. The words pi At) fUAt) and piA-o pionti are 



rendered by Fallow Deer in Alston's list. This again is | 



probably a mistake, for this deer only lives in our large i 



parks in a semi-domesticated state and has never inhabited j 



Ireland as a wild species. j 



Stag — -OArh aIIai-q (2). Doe or Hind — eilit) (6), boifce- \ 



All (6), A5(l), Ailic (12). Fawn — rriAns (6), lApn-oeo (6). j 



Dog. ^ 



iriA'OA'o, tYiA-ofiA-o (a house dog, mongrel, &c. (2) or mastiff 

 (13)), mA*otii5 (G), compeAfiAn (6), oi\c (6) (a small hound) 

 has also been applied to a whale, a pig, a hen's egg and 

 a salmon. meAfcu (lap-dog (13)), tniolcti (greyhound (0)), 



cci, sA-DAjA (hound (2)). j 



The word cii means greyhound according to Kuno Meyer i 

 and I feel sure that he had the great Wolf-hound in his 



mind and not the modern slim Egyptian Dog that goes by j 



this name. On the authority ol Father Hogan cu was j 



applied to the large hound that hunts game by sight. He i 



tells us that the word sA'OAfi designated a hound which ' 



relies more on scent in hunting. Now it is of interest to j 



note that the evidence derived from fossil remains indicates \ 



the former presence in Ireland of three types of dogs. They i 

 were found in crannogs and peat deposits. One of these 



resembled the modern Wolf-hound in shape and that would | 



