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Ireland Opens Its First Wildlife Hospital

Published February 24th, 2021 - 08:04 GMT

During the coronavirus pandemic many facilities were shut down, a pub which was closed due to lockdown in Ireland is now serving a menagerie of very different clientele after being turned into a wildlife hospital which is the first in the country.

The newly-opened hospital used to be the bar of the Tara Na Ri pub, located in County Meath, northwest of Dublin and was deserted with the blinds pulled down, the Guinness taps dry and till empty.

Liam, a two-week-old wild Irish goat, was found on a mountainside is being under medical care in the facility.

James McCarthy, whose family have owned the pub for more than a decade revealed: "We were very much accustomed to just one singular way of living".

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A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH

A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded buzzard at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded buzzard at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

A two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

A two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

A staff member works at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

A staff member works at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

Volunteer at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Joan Scully sorts through knitted nests for injured birds donated by members of the public, at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH /

Volunteer at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Joan Scully sorts through knitted nests for injured birds donated by members of the public, at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH

A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

A wild fox is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

A wild fox is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher checks wounded swans at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher checks wounded swans at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded pigeon at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded pigeon at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded buzzard at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A staff member works at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Volunteer at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Joan Scully sorts through knitted nests for injured birds donated by members of the public, at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH /
A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH
A wild fox is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher checks wounded swans at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded pigeon at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH
A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded buzzard at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded buzzard at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A staff member works at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A staff member works at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Volunteer at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Joan Scully sorts through knitted nests for injured birds donated by members of the public, at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH /
Volunteer at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Joan Scully sorts through knitted nests for injured birds donated by members of the public, at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH
A member of staff feeds a two week-old native wild Irish goat which was found on a mountainside and named Liam, at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A wild fox is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
A wild fox is cared for at Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland's new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher checks wounded swans at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher checks wounded swans at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded pigeon at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP
Animal Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, Dan Donoher examines a wounded pigeon at their new premises situated behind the Tara na Ri Pub, which is shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at Garlow Cross outside Navan in County Meath, Ireland on February 18, 2021. Since Ireland's first coronavirus lockdown pub the Tara Na Ri has been closed to regulars, but now it hosts a menagerie of new clientèle as the nation's first wildlife hospital. PAUL FAITH / AFP

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