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| A postcard in the 'Valentine's Series' (1920-36) |
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| Postcard by J. Salmon Ltd. |
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| A card in the Dr. Ballard's Pet Foods
series (1949) (Dr. Ballard's Pet Foods are located in Canada) on the back of the card it reads: The tallest dog of all, the Irish Wolfhound is a strong, speedy breed with more than 2,000 years of recorded history behind him. When the Romans brought wolfhounds to Italy from Ireland and used them in the fighting arena, it was said that "all Rome viewed them with wonder." By nature mild and peaceful, the Wolfhound can be a ferocious hunter-fighter when the occasion demands. This fleet, wire-haired, shaggy-haired fellow can overtake marauders (like a timber wolf), seize them by the neck and shake them to death. Height: 32". Weight: 105 pounds. Group: Hound |
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| A card in the Champion Dogs series
(1938) Issued by John Sinclair Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne on the back of the card it reads: IRISH WOLFHOUND CH. MORAN OF OUBOROUGH Sire: Ch. Killarney of Ouborough; Dam: Einagh of Ouborough; Born May, 1936 Believed to be originally the hunting dogs of the ancient Irish Kings, and there is a story which tells of an Irish King exchanging with another monarch 200 warriors for one Irish Wolfhound. The standard of points for the Wolfhound lays down that it should not be as heavy or massive as the Great Dane but more so than the Deerhound. Ch. Moran is 36 inches high, and weighs 150 pounds, and is by disposition very kind and gentle. Owned and bred by: James V. Rank, Esq., Ouborough, Godstone, Surrey |
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| Ogden's Tab Cigarettes C series, No.
164 Mrs. L. Williams' Irish Wolfhound "Artara", 1st and special, Kennel Club's 46th Exhibition, 1901 |
Chairman Cigarettes card No. 12 (1920s) Irish Wolfhound A big, strong-looking animal with head and neck carried high. The head is long, and the neck well-arched. Straight legs and a long tail and moderately large feet. Covered with a rough and hard coat. Colours, grey, brindle, red, black, pure white, fawn, etc. Height from 28 in. to 31 in. Wgt. from 90 lbs. to 120 lbs. |
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| Dogs & Friend, No. 50 (1936) A series of 50 described by Lady Kitty Ritson The IRISH WOLFHOUND The Irish Wolfhound is not strictly of Irish origin, neither is it a pure breed, the original breed having died out. The present dogs are the result of a cross between the Scottish deerhound and the great dane. Size is greatly desired by breeders, and there is no doubt that soundness has thereby been largely sacrificed. They are handsome dogs, but they seem to need a large house, open fireplaces and parks as a suitable background. CARRERAS LTD., Arcadia Works, London |
EMPIRE SHOPPING, No. 7 A series of 12 WOLFHOUND Wolves vanished from Ireland at the beginning of the 18th century, but the Irish Wolfhound, used by the kings and chieftains of ancient Ireland for exterminating the wolves, though now smaller in type than in those days, is still amongst the handsomest and strongest of British breeds. In shape and appearance the Irish Wolfhound of to-day is almost identical with the Scottish deerhound. Foodstuffs, etc., exported from the Irish Free State |
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| Walton's Irish "Bardic" Harp and Irish
Wolfhounds bred at Walton's Tolka Valley Kennels Two of the most romantic symbols that stand out dearly thro the dim mists of Irish History are the Irish Harp and the Irish Wolf Hound. The Harp was one of the symbols of our cultural heritage, perpetuated to this day in the famous Walton Irish Harps. The Wolfhound, the gentle protective friend of the Kings, Chieftains and Warriors of Ireland, whose noble characteristics are still carefully fostered thro the selective breeding by the Tolka Valley Kennels, Ashtown Lodge, Castleknock, Co. Dublin Postcard printed in Ireland by Mount Salus Press Ltd. |
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| Valentine's Postcard (1920-36) |
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| Postcard in the Universal Series 210, No. 2
(Printed in Bavaria) DERMOT ASTHORE was bred by Mrs. G. Williams, by Mr. Trainor's Brian II - Capt. Graham's Nookoo, whelped March 22, 1896 |
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| Card from the Sweetacres (Australia, 1932) Champion Chewing Gum series - No. 23 FAVOURITE DOGS IRISH WOLFHOUND A big dog, height about 36 ins. A rough coated, powerful dog; great companion in cold, rough country. Colors - fawn, brindled, red and black |
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Updated 8/20/2015