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There are quite
some famous people, we know have or had Irish Wolfhounds. Unfortunately we
only have few pictures.
If you can add to
the list or
have pictures, I would be grateful for your message .
Names in white
are links to pictures
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Kings, Princes and Heads of
State |
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Llewellyn the Great,
Prince of Wales |
Gelert
King
Johns Gift for the
Prince's marriage with Joan,
illlegitimate daughter of
the King.
(Story
of Gelert the faithful Hound)
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John Lackland, King of
England |
brought over some Wolfhounds , when he ruled Ireland
for 8 months in 1185 |
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Richard III King of
England |
was
always accompanied by a
Wolfhound.
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Anne Boleyn
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Urian |
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Henry VII King of
England |
see the Wolfhound im his Burial Chapel in Westminster
Abbey >Sculptures |
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Queen Elizabeth I of
England |
We know she was keen on hunting and she was
made a gift of a brace of
2 Wolfhounds by Sir Neill O'Neill |
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Elisabeth , Empress of
Austria - Sissi |
Horseguard/Shadow
She
was often in Ireland and
brought an Irish Wolfhound
with her. Sometimes his
name ist given as Horseguard,
sometimes as Shadow. Perhaps
there were 2 Hounds?
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Pres. Herbert
Hoover |
Cragwood Padraig |
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George Washington |
(had up to 30 Sighthounds of diff.
breeds at times) |
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Robert
Kennedy |
He bought a Wolfhound for his handicapped daughter |
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Actors and Singers and other Celebrities |
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Rodolpho
Valentino, Actor |
Centaur
Pendragon |
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Chris de Burgh, Singer
+ Composer |
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Sting,
Singer |
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Roger Moore,
Actor |
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Roger Whittacker,
Singer |
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Curd Jürgens,
Actor |
he had 2 Wolfhounds, one of them was Flynn |
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Jean Rochefort,
Actor |
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Ivan Rebroff,
Singer |
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Wim Toelke,
Quizmaster |
Olga |
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Hans Clarin,
Actor |
Hunter |
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Leonard Bernstein,
Composer /Director |
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Claudia Schiffer,
Model |
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Robert
Kennedy |
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Katerina Jacob
Actress, (u.a.Sabrina in Bulle von Tölz) |
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Claus Hipp, ( Hipp
Babyfood) |
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Conan O'Brien American
TV Personality |
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1869
- Empress Elisabeth of
Austria with her Wolfhound
Rodolpho
Valentino
 
Curd Jürgens, his wife Marjorie,
daughter Myriam and Wolfhound Flynn
Hans Clarin with
Hunter
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Wim Toelke with Olga
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The Kennedy's
Sting
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