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December 28, 2005

HUNTING IN KILDARE IN 1957

Fox-hunting in Kildare and the surrounding areas reported in the Leinster Leader in December 1957

Leinster Leader Saturday, December 7, 1957, p.9

Hunting

Kildare Hounds

Monday, November 25th - Kildare.

       Mr. and Mrs. Cosgrove dispensed hospitality at Lislee Hall before [the] hounds moved off from this popular venue. Sillot covert which was the first draw, proved blank. Finding in a field of kale belonging to Mr. C. Graham, near the covert, hounds were soon away and were fast over the Newtown-Sillott road, through Newtown on to Hendy’s Reeds. Here they swung left-handed and continued to run fast across the King’s Bog, over the Kildare-Nurney road, by St. Brigid’s Shrine, through Tully, on to Kildare town, where they pulled down their fox outside Kildare Infirmary, after a capital hunt lasting 50 minutes.

       Finding in a field of kale of Capt’s Kelly’s near Oghill, hounds hunted to Cherryville before turning to the right over the Kildare-Kildangan road, through Mr. J. McGrath’s farm, on to Sillott, where scent failed on fouled ground. Hendy’s Reeds held several foxes. Selecting one rounds [sic – hounds] pushed him out and hunted nicely towards Rathmuck, before turning right-handed to run parallel with the Kildangan-Kildare road, over Moore’s Hill, on to Mr. Corry’s farm at Newtown where they marked their fox to ground, after a nice 20 minutes. A fox found in Mr. Heffernan’s furze took us towards Ballyvarney, before swinging right-handed across Mr. Delaney’s farm, on to the main road at Doneany, where hounds had to be stopped in failing light after a good day’s sport.

[The Kildare Hounds mentioned were probably the Naas Harriers under the mastership of Jack Hartigan; spelling retained from original and obvious mistakes identified by square brackets and sic - Mario Corrigan]

Posted by mariocorrigan at December 28, 2005 03:00 PM