The "Sunny South East"?

I was out on my bike the other day, when I saw two rather curious signs near my house.

The first was on a patch off bogland beside a river near my place:


(the image quality is sort of crap as all I had was my soon-to-be-replaced mobile phone).

WTF? Alligators? In Waterford? I know we're known as the "Sunny South-East" of Ireland (a masterful PR job if there ever was one), but we're not that close to a tropical climate!

The second was on the gate of a house nearby:



Sure beats the usual "Warning: Guard Dog" sign!