HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



Kildare Hunt with the old Bishopscourt pack was 

 thus partially severed. It may be noted too that the 

 Committee met during these years variously at 

 Morrison's Hotel, Dawson Street, Dublin; Timo- 

 lin; the Dispensary at KilcuUen; McDonald's at 

 Naas; Sackville Street, Dublin; and at the Stand- 

 house, Curragh. Fox earths were destroyed at 

 Lyons, and Lord Cloncurry presented the Hunt 

 with another cover in their stead. Coverts at Bally- 

 more and at Cannycourt were ordered to be " cut 

 away in part to put them in a better way of hunt- 

 ing "; and I find the earthstopper Nowlan was sent 

 out on a week's tour " to attend to the different 

 coverts of the hunting country to see that they are 

 kept free of any trespass or damage." 



The general efficiency of the management at this 

 period was undoubtedly due to the zeal and energy 

 of the Honorary Treasurer, the Revd Kildare 

 Borrowes, qualities which were heartily acknow- 

 ledged when in June, 1809, that gentleman felt 

 obliged to resign his office. At a meeting held on 

 the 19th of that month Sir Fenton Aylmer read his 

 letter of resignation, a letter which preserves for us 

 some information as to the state of the Kildare Hunt 

 in 1809. 



From the way things are left methodized (says 

 Mr Borrowes) from the pains which have been 



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