The stone in the otherworldly landscape in the Burren is called the Hags Head after stories about the Cailleach. She is a shaper of the landscape and in some stories when she meets a rival Cailleach they heave boulders at each other explaining why the huge boulders littering the burren.
The Cailleach in some areas shape shifts into a rabbit but the Burren has a unique resident that might have given the Cailleach another form in stories. The Burren is its home to wild Old Irish Goats. They are a primitive breed of goats that has its origins in prehistory and interestingly where other breeds of goat and sheep are lead by rams. Its the Ewes that lead old irish goat herds.
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