Foxes (Cams vulpcs), Otters {Ultra vulgaris), Badgers (Melcs taxus), and Martens (Mustelo. martes), are found in various parts of the area, the order of frequency being roughly at in which they are quoted.
As elsewhere in Ireland, the Irish Stoat (Putorius Jnbernicus) is frequent, as also the Alpine Hare (Lepus variabilis}. The Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), believed to have been introduced into Ireland in Wicklow about 1820, is now widespread in Leinster.
Botany | Geology | Zoology |
Dublin and its Vicinity
The city and suburbs of Dublin (Self Catering, Dublin, Ireland) are interesting as being the headquarters of two rare plants-Sisymbrium Irio, unknown elsewhere in Ireland, and Mercurialis anmia, which, though frequently occurring about other towns in the southern half of the country, is much more abundant here than elsewhere. Neither of these plants is indigenous in Ireland.
The occurrence of marine shells in the Glacial deposits of Co. Wicklow was for a long time naturally regarded as evidence of submergence beneath the sea. The striations, however, that are found on the rock-floor show that ice sheets traversed the whole country, and the uplift of materials from lower to higher layers of moving ice may now be regarded as well established. Much of our knowledge of tin-history of East Leinster in Glacial times is due to the pioneer-observer Maxwell H. Close, whose work in the Dublin district has been completed by G. W. Lamplugh. The latter geologist also showed how such immature ravines as the Scalp south of Dublin, which is cut across a granite spur, and the Glen of the Downs in Co. Wicklow already recognised by Close as post-glacial are due to torrential waters set free by the melting of the ice-fronts. The gravels accumulated in subglacial channels form grass-covered mounds and ridges (eskers) in the Lucan and Tallaght area of the plain, and the 
Norman Tymon Castle stands on a small typical esker near Babrothery. Evidence from Europe shows that a dry age followed the final melting of the glaciers. Then came the milder years when bogs gathered in the plain, and- even across the crests of The Leinster Chain, from which they are now being washed or blown away. The tree-stems found in the mountain bogs indicate at least one forest epoch, when the slopes were clad with conifers to heights of 1800 ft. or more.
Dublin and its Vicinity
The city and suburbs of Dublin (Self Catering, Dublin, Ireland) are interesting as being the headquarters of two rare plants-Sisymbrium Irio, unknown elsewhere in Ireland, and Mercurialis anmia, which, though frequently occurring about other towns in the southern half of the country, is much more abundant here than elsewhere. Neither of these plants is indigenous in Ireland.
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East Leinster includes the counties of Louth, Meath, Dublin, Kildare, Carlow, Wicklow, and Wexford. Being that portion of Ireland which lies nearest to Britain it has been more subj fe1 ected to English influence than the western portions of the island. It is probable that in early times the connection between Ireland and the Continent was direct, and that the Celts came from thence without first passing through England ; but even allowing this to be so, it must be admitted that in later times the dominant feature in Irish history has been its geographical position as regards England.