In the 17th century one of the nicknames some English people had for Ireland was Wolfland.<p>The century following the Cromwellian conquest saw a bounty-led drive to exterminate wolves with the last one being killed in 1786.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wolves_in_Ireland" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wolves_in_Ireland</a>