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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
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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
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brought
over some Wolfhounds
, when he ruled Ireland
for 8 months in 1185
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Richard
III King of England
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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
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see
the Wolfhound in his
Burial Chapel in Westminster
Abbey >Sculptures
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Queen
Elizabeth I of England
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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
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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
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Cragwood
Padraig
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George
Washington
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(had
up to 30 Sighthounds
of diff. breeds at
times)
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Robert
Kennedy
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He
bought a Wolfhound
for his handicapped
daughter
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Actors
and Singers and other Celebrities
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Rodolpho
Valentino,
Filmschauspieler
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Centaur
Pendragon
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Chris
de Burgh, Sänger und
Komponist
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Sting,
Sänger
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Roger
Moore, Schauspieler
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Roger
Whittacker, Sänger
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Curd
Jürgens, Schauspieler
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he
had 2 Wolfhounds, one of
them was Flynn
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Jean
Rochefort, franz. Schauspieler
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Ivan
Rebroff, Sänger
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Wim
Toelke, Quizmaster
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Olga
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Hans
Clarin, Schauspieler
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Hunter
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Leonard
Bernstein, Lomponist/Dirigent
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Claudia
Schiffer, Model
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Katerina
Jacob Schauspielerin,
(u.a.Sabrina in Bulle von
Tölz)
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Claus
Hipp, ( Hipp Babynahrung)
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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
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Hans
Clarin with Hunter
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Wim
Toelke with Olga
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The
Kennedy's
Sting
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