HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



plete without a reference, however sHght, to the 

 sporting farmers, who have always been a pro- 

 minent feature in a typical Kildare field, and I 

 choose this, a middle period of our history, for an 

 attempt to recall one or two notable personalities 

 of the Kildare country. Most Kildare sportsmen 

 who have ridden with the hounds even for a few 

 seasons will remember one or more of the fra- 

 ternity; those whose memory go back further will 

 call to mind a score. Rodey Miley of Timolin, 

 Wilvern of Ballintaggart, Joe Kilbey of Cannycourt, 

 Hanway of Laragh, Laurence Malone of Brogues- 

 town, Hefferman of Kildare, Warers of Kilfat, 

 W. Walters of Kilpatrick, Raferty of Ballintore; 

 who does not remember one or other of these in 

 every good run he can call back from the past? It 

 was Rodey Miley who rode a wonderful horse he 

 called " The Protestant Church," because, as he 

 said, nothing could throw him down. Allen of 

 Logatrina was another sporting farmer, who was 

 often accompanied by his wife. Joe Kilbey of 

 Canycourt was, perhaps, the best rider of them all. 

 He was a heavy weight, but a brave and accom- 

 plished horseman, and always watched hounds, 

 which is more than can be said for some of them. 

 But the typical Irish sporting farmer was William 

 Hanway, who during a long life occupied a small 

 farm near the famous Laragh covert, and whose 



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