Scarteen
52°25′33″N8°22′16″W/ 52.4257°N 8.3712°W[1]
Scarteen(Irish:An Scairtín,meaning 'small thicket')[2]is atownlandin thecivil parishof Ballyscaddan,County Limerick,[2]near the village ofKnocklong.It is best known for theScarteen Hunt,afox huntingpack ofKerry Beaglesbased atScarteen House,abig houseowned since the 1750s by the Ryan family, one of the few CatholicgentryofPenal times.[3]The dogs'coat patterngave the hunt its nickname, the "Black and Tans", later applied derisively to theRoyal Irish Constabularyduring theIrish War of Independence.[3]Hunt masterThady Ryan(1923–2005) increased the hunt's cachet among visitors from Great Britain and the United States and, later, Continental Europe.[3]Ryan waschef d'equipeof the Irisheventingteam at the1964and1968Olympics.[3]As of 2016[update]the hunt was mastered by Thady Ryan's son Chris Ryan.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Contact Us".Scarteen website.Retrieved16 December2016.
- ^ab"An Scairtín/Scarteen".Placenames Database of Ireland.Retrieved16 December2016.
- ^abcdClavin, Terry (December 2012)."Ryan, Thady".Dictionary of Irish Biography.Cambridge University Press.Retrieved16 December2016.
- ^"Home page".Scarteen website.Retrieved16 December2016.
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