STONEHALL HARRIERS 12 January
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IN KENNELS
Master: John Finucane
Chairman: Timmy Hanley
Huntsman: Jamie Crosse
Whippers-in: Selina Braddish, Mark Siney, Paudie Hanrahan
Hounds: 20 couple of Irish harriers
Acting secretary: Anne Cregan: +353 87 2436554
Hunting days: Saturdays
Neighbouring packs: Co Limerick Foxhounds, Limerick Harriers, North Kerry Harriers
Hirelings: contact secretary
Stonehall Harriers Dromore, Co Limerick
“I’M a harrier man through and through,” young huntsman Jamie Crosse told Horse & Hound. “A lot of foxhound lads don’t like them, ‘cos they can’t manage them. If you go messing with harriers they’ll break your heart. You can’t gee them up too much; they have to be settled at all times.”
John Finucane, who hunted the Stonehall Harriers for 11 seasons, agrees.
“They have a freer nature; they’re not as disciplined as the foxhound. I think you’re going back to the real old Irish hunting; up the hills with them and let ’em off.”
When I asked him what sort of person a
