200 Modern Dogs. 



" The father of the present pedigree family was 

 Killiney Boy, bred by Mr. Burke, of Queen's-street, 

 Dublin. He passed from him to a Mr. Flannigan, 

 residing at Castlenock, which place was purchased 

 by Mr. Donnegan, Dane-street, Dublin, who found 

 Killiney Boy running about deserted. The dog was 

 duly adopted, and afterwards given to Mr. Howard 

 Waterhouse, with whom he died a short time ago ; 

 his dam was a rough black and tan bitch, the 

 type now accepted as the Welsh terrier, hence 

 the black and tan puppies so often found in the 

 strains descended from him." It has been said that 

 Killiney Boy was worried and almost eaten by a 

 litter of puppies of which he was the sire. 



Mr. C. J. Barnett, of Hambleden, whose name is 

 a household word in connection with Irish terriers, 

 says : " There is no doubt that the Irish terrier was 

 the common terrier of Ireland a century ago, and 

 is to this day the friend and companion of the 

 native. Before railways were introduced, inter- 

 breeding in certain localities caused a type which 

 might have varied slightly in different districts, and 

 as colour was a minor consideration, we so often 

 find puppies even to the present day black and tan, 

 grey or brindle in colour. This does not show bad 

 breeding, but rather the contrary, to continue the 

 colour through so many generations, for these dogs, 



