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HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE: The common seal was relatively common in Ireland at the beginning
of the 19th century and was the most abundant seal in Ireland. By the middle
of the 19th century, numbers had declined considerably and eventually it became
the less abundant than the grey seal.
© Jon Russ 2001. Text refereed by Judith Montgomery-Watson.
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