INTERNATIONAL IRWS CONFERENCE 2006

 

 

 

25th Anniversary of the IRWS Club founded 1981

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY, COUNTY KILDARE, IRELAND

 

From 9 to 12 September 2006 over 70 Irish Red and Red and White Setter owners and breeders from twelve countries met in Maynooth, Ireland to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Irish breed club at the International Conference, the Irish Breeds Show and two days of Field trials on grouse in the Wicklow Mountains

 

Guest Speaker at the conference and IRWS judge at the Irish Breeds Show was Dermot Mooney, (pictured left) who was one of the leading breeders at the time of the revival.

 

The conference weekend was held  from 9 - 12 September 2006. The venue was Maynooth University, County Kildare.

The Irish Breeds Championship Show was held the same weekend at the IKC's Show Centre at Cloghran, where the IRWS judge was Dermot Mooney

Two days of  field trials were held in the Wicklow  Mountains national park area.

FOR THE CONFERENCE PHOTO GALLERY click here

SHOW PHOTOS click here

FIELD TRIAL PHOTOS click here

 

REPORTS FROM THE CONFERENCE

 

Welcome by Terry O'Leary , Chairman of the IRWS Club

Dermot Mooney on the Winnowing Kennel and its Role in the Revival

The Role of the Red Irish Setter Club in the Revival

Finnbar Heslin - Report on the Breed Health Programme commissioned by the Irish Red and White Setter Club.

Jim Sheridan - Field Trials and Working Dogs

Terry O'Leary - The Breed Standard

World Reports on the Irish Red and White Setter

The Southern Society for Irish Red and White Setters

 

Scandinavia

USA

Canada

Great Britain

Scotland

France

Italy

Article written by Hugh Brady on 25th Anniversary with kind permission of

Irish Country Sports and Country Life

 

 

 

 

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