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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,
Heads of State and Military |
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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 I 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 (was allegedly
beheaded with her) |
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Henry VII King of
England |
see the Wolfhound in 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 -
(Sisi) |
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
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(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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George
Armstrong Custer, US-General
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Lost his life 1876 in the Battle at the Little Big Horn against
the Sundance Alliance of the tribes
of Lakota, Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians
under the lead of the Sitting Bull and Crazy
Horse
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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 und 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, french
Actor |
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Ivan Rebroff,
Singer |
had also Borzois |
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Wim Toelke,
Quizmaster |
Olga |
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Hans Clarin, German
Actor |
Hunter |
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Leonard Bernstein,
Composer/Dirigent |
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Claudia Schiffer,
Model |
Roxy |
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Katerina Jacob German
Actress, |
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Claus Hipp, ( Hipp
Babyfood) |
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Conan O'Brien
American TV Personality |
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Edward
Albee
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one of the most
renowned American playwrights of the 20th century |
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Richard
Bennet
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Famous
Stage and Screen Actor
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Elisabeth,
Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary
  
1869 -
Empress Elisabeth of Austria with her Wolfhound
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Rodolpho
Valentino
 
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Mrs
Hoover
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Curd
Jürgens
 
Curd Jürgens, his
wife Marjorie, daughter Myriam and Wolfhound Flynn
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Hans
Clarin
Hans Clarin with
Hunter |
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Wim
Toelke
Wim Toelke with
Olga
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The Kennedys
The
Kennedy's
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Sting
Sting
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