The Irish Wolfhound is to feature prominently in a redesigned Irish passport. The Department of Foreign Affairs said that the dog was the most popular animal chosen by public consultation for the next ...

Royal and popular in Ireland, the Irish Wolfhound gained much fame when showing off its ability to fight off wild animals in arena sports. With an ability to hunt elk and wolves, the breed gained a ...

The Irish wolfhound is to feature prominently in the new Irish passport design, which will be introduced next year. The dog was selected from a choice of Irish animals that featured in a public ...

Marty Higgins shares his incredible story and his life now with the Irish wolfhound, Taryn Sherlock of Pinehurst. "I will give thee dog which I got in Ireland. He is huge of limb and, for a follower, ...

Watch out, Seamus coming through! The Irish Wolfhound had his owners unsteady on their feet during a walk through the woods recently. It was the zoomies! But zoomies are a little different when your ...

The breed was also used as a hunting dog and a guard dog. They hunted wolves and elks when they were abundant in Ireland. Oliver Cromwell saved the Irish wolfhound by refusing to allow the export of ...

The Irish wolfhound, red squirrel, and red deer were the top three fauna selected by the Irish public in a consultation for a redesign of the Irish passport, while the shamrock, gorse and bluebell ...

“They are howlers,” says Aidan O’Sullivan of Spéir and Mairtín, the wolfhounds who became his constant companions during lockdown. They seldom bark. But full moon nights bring out their true sound.

An early-19th-century painting of an Irish wolfhound by the artist Reinagle shows the dog ‘looking back over his shoulder into the past’. It’s an arresting image and one with which devotees are ...