Fishermen in Northern Ireland pulled in the catch of a lifetime on Wednesday (Sept. 5), when they caught an enormous Irish elk skull that's estimated to be more than 10,500 years old. The impressive ...

Commonly called the ‘Irish elk,” these deer weighed upwards of 1,500 pounds. This specimen is currently housed at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. Clocking in at about 6.5 feet tall and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Michael Joseph Fitzgerald of East Longmeadow was recognized as this year’s Irish Elk of the Year during the annual Irish Dinner Dance hosted by the Springfield Elks ...

A group of history students have discovered the antler of an Irish Elk in cliffs near Kirk Michael on the Isle of Man. Although the exact age of the antler has yet to be determined, the position of ...

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New fossil finds indicate that the Irish elk, previously thought to have gone extinct at the end of the last ice age, survived in some spots for several millennia more. Megaloceros giganteus actually ...

Irish fisherman Raymond McElroy caught a giant surprise when the antlers and skull of a massive, and extinct, Giant Irish Elk got entangled in his fishing nets in September 2018. McElroy made the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – It was a special night of Irish pride at the Springfield Lodge of Elks. Saturday’s Irish dinner dance paid homage to the wearing of the green and to one dedicated man.

Fishermen in Northern Ireland made an unusual catch on Wednesday when they reeled in the massive skull and antlers of an extinct great Irish Elk. The artifact, estimated to be about 6 feet across, was ...

The Springfield Lodge of Elks #61 Irish Committee has named the 2019 Irish Elk of the Year, and for the first time in the history of the lodge, the honor went to a woman. Cynthia R. Bartels will lead ...

SPRINGFIELD — Diane S. Cavanaugh-Fitzgerald is “very honored and humbled and proud” that the Springfield Lodge of Elks #61 Irish Committee has named her its 2022 Irish Elk of the Year. “Ever since I ...

Yesterday, our own Eric Fry sat down with Capital Account’s Lauren Lyster to discuss, among other things, the US debt crisis, the “bubble in safety” — which Jim Grant touched on in yesterday’s DR — ...