[Sca-cooks] Irish beef, cattle

[Terry Decker]

The Tain Bo Culain makes it very clear that the Brown Bull of Cooley is very
much alive and that the ancient Irish went in for rustling on a grand scale.

Bear


>Interesting. However, it doesn't negate what I said. My point was
>not that they didn't have cattle in Ireland. It was that just having
>the cattle doesn't mean that there would have been a unique Irish
>dish made with it. And your examples are still talking about Irish
>cattle, not Irish beef. Also, the "Brown Bull of Cooley" by
>itself, is not evidence that there were cattle in Ireland, unless
>that specifically refers to a live bull and not a statue.
>
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>THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra