If it was shot then someone is breaking the law. The Curragh Plains are owned by the State, some parts controlled by HRI/Racecourse, the majority of it is controlled by the Military so NO shooting/hunting is allowed.

Or maybe he was shot miles away and just died there, that is why he was lying near a public area?

most hunters id say just leave the vermin in a ditch and let nature take its course,cant see many bringing home the vermin

On a ditch away from any water source.

Shoot,skin and tan, but only in Winter when the fur is at its best and thickest.Store in a cool dark and dry location. Collect enough of them to get them up to Ireland's only remaining furrier in Dublin, and get a very nice and warm throw blanket made for the bed or couch, that costs thousands of euros to buy if you are supplying the raw materials,it can knock sometimes half the price off.BUT you will need 50-plus pelts to do this.

Doing this you are. Harvesting wildlife at its optimum prime condition, and keeping the skill alive of tanning, it's not too difficult once you do it a few times, keeping a traditional and endangered business going, pride in getting something made from the efforts that custom made to you from your effort. How bad.

Barnados furrriers. Easily found by all the anti fur crowd hanging around it on a Saturday. No they don't do deer hides.