To Those Who've Passed....
Ch. Ierne's Dralion "Dragon"
DOB: 10/23/2011
OFA: Heart and eyes completed
Link to Pedigree
Most recent heart check done October 2016 by Dr. Kate Meurs, Cardiologist, NC State Veterinary School. Echo/ECG/Auscultation Normal.
Sire: Ch. Carnasserie Chord
Dam: Ierne's La Folie
Dragon lives with our good friend Marne Burke. He completed his Championship early and now lives a leisurely life as couch companion. He enjoys quiet evenings at home and socializing with a select group of close canine friends.
Ch. Ierne's Amaluna "Luna"
DOB: 10/23/2011
OFA: Heart and eyes completed
Link to Pedigree
Most recent heart check done October 2016 by Dr. Kate Meurs, Cardiologist, NC State Veterinary School. Echo/ECG showed early signs of Atrial Fibrillation. A very common genetically linked heart disease in Irish Wolfhounds. To learn more about Atrial Fibrillation please visit the IW health link on our website.
Sire: Ch. Carnasserie Chord
Dam: Ierne's La Folie
Luna completed her Championship the same day as her brother, as you can tell by the pictures. She also lives a life of leisure with Marne Burke in Raleigh. She is a socialite and enjoys dog parking and outdoor functions.
DOB: 10/23/2011
OFA: Heart and eyes completed
Link to Pedigree
Most recent heart check done October 2016 by Dr. Kate Meurs, Cardiologist, NC State Veterinary School. Echo/ECG showed early signs of Atrial Fibrillation. A very common genetically linked heart disease in Irish Wolfhounds. To learn more about Atrial Fibrillation please visit the IW health link on our website.
Sire: Ch. Carnasserie Chord
Dam: Ierne's La Folie
Luna completed her Championship the same day as her brother, as you can tell by the pictures. She also lives a life of leisure with Marne Burke in Raleigh. She is a socialite and enjoys dog parking and outdoor functions.
Ch. Ierne's Fair La Nouba "Beya"
DOB: 10/23/2011 -
CHIC# 112678
Link to Pedigree
Most recent heart check done October 2016 by Dr. Kate Meurs, Cardiologist, NC State Veterinary School. Echo/ECG/Auscultation Normal.
Sire: Ch. Carnasserie Chord
Dam: Ierne's La Folie
Beya completed her Championship on 3/18/2015 by going Best of Breed over specials at the Alamance KC show in Raleigh, NC. She is shown here placing in a large Bred By Class under U.K. judge Jean Timmins at the Irish Wolfhound Association of the Garden State Specialty in 2014. A big thank you to Mindy Levin for snapping this lovely picture of Beya on the move. Beya was bred to GCH CH Carrickaneena An Firic Aris, a 9 year old male owned and bred by Eileen Flanagan, Carrickaneena Irish Wolfhounds. They produced 3 lovely puppies, born August 1, 2016. We'll have updates on the babies, Rathnait, Eoin and Scarlett as they grow. Beya is semi-retired and living a life of leisure on the couches of our home. You can meet her at the different social events around Raleigh. We try to keep an updated list on the home page of our website.
DOB: 10/23/2011 -
CHIC# 112678
Link to Pedigree
Most recent heart check done October 2016 by Dr. Kate Meurs, Cardiologist, NC State Veterinary School. Echo/ECG/Auscultation Normal.
Sire: Ch. Carnasserie Chord
Dam: Ierne's La Folie
Beya completed her Championship on 3/18/2015 by going Best of Breed over specials at the Alamance KC show in Raleigh, NC. She is shown here placing in a large Bred By Class under U.K. judge Jean Timmins at the Irish Wolfhound Association of the Garden State Specialty in 2014. A big thank you to Mindy Levin for snapping this lovely picture of Beya on the move. Beya was bred to GCH CH Carrickaneena An Firic Aris, a 9 year old male owned and bred by Eileen Flanagan, Carrickaneena Irish Wolfhounds. They produced 3 lovely puppies, born August 1, 2016. We'll have updates on the babies, Rathnait, Eoin and Scarlett as they grow. Beya is semi-retired and living a life of leisure on the couches of our home. You can meet her at the different social events around Raleigh. We try to keep an updated list on the home page of our website.
GCh. Ierne's Saltimbanco "Berrin"
DOB: 10/23/2011 - 10/11/2019
CHIC# 95012
Link to Pedigree
Most recent heart check done October 2016 by Dr. Kate Meurs, Cardiologist, NC State Veterinary School. Echo/ECG/Auscultation Normal. UPDATE: Berrin was diagnosed with Lymphoma and Atrial Fibrillation February 2018. He is currently in remission and his heart condition is well controlled.
Sire: Ch. Carnasserie Chord
Dam: Ierne's La Folie
First Award of Merit Eukanuba National Dog Show 2014
Owner Handler Group 4 Charleston KC 1/24/2015
Owner Handler Group 1 Charleston KC 1/25/2015
Group 3 Charleston KC 1/25/2015
(handled to this win by our friend Dawn Wiseman of Temair Irish Wolfhounds)
Owner Handler Group 3 Alamance KC 3/19/2015.
Berrin is 6 now and is semi-retired from the show ring. You can meet him at the different social events around Raleigh. We try to keep an updated list on the home page of our website.
Ierne's La Folie "Norah"
DOB: 5/17/2007 - 12/6/2015
OFA/AKC CHIC# 72910
Sire: MBIS BIS Ch. Taryn Tate of Limerick, SC
Dam: Ch. Ierne's Sorcha Ni Shirey, JC
Link to Pedigree
We lost Norah after four days of hospitalization at NC State Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She had been fighting ongoing infections for almost a year. We lost her to pneumonia.
She is shown here going Best of Opposite Sex and earning a 3 point major. Norah hated showing and we decided to forgo completing her championship. If you click on her CHIC number you can view her health records. She produced 8 puppies from one breeding of which five are pointed and four have received their AKC Championships.
DOB: 5/17/2007 - 12/6/2015
OFA/AKC CHIC# 72910
Sire: MBIS BIS Ch. Taryn Tate of Limerick, SC
Dam: Ch. Ierne's Sorcha Ni Shirey, JC
Link to Pedigree
We lost Norah after four days of hospitalization at NC State Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She had been fighting ongoing infections for almost a year. We lost her to pneumonia.
She is shown here going Best of Opposite Sex and earning a 3 point major. Norah hated showing and we decided to forgo completing her championship. If you click on her CHIC number you can view her health records. She produced 8 puppies from one breeding of which five are pointed and four have received their AKC Championships.
Ch. Ierne's Sorcha Ni Shirey, JC "Sorcha"
DOB: 1/15/2004 - 10/14/2015
OFA/AKC CHIC# 52215
Sire: Ch. Int DEN SWE NOR NORD Ch. Wolfhouse Melody Maker
Dam: Ch. Ierne's Aine Ni Fear Mor
Link to Pedigree
We were blessed to have Sorcha for almost 12 years. Her litter was amazing with an average life expectancy of 10 years. She was a pleasure to live with and produced 8 offspring of which 3 are still living, Eva, Harper and Colleen. When she passed she was also survived by 15 Grand Children and 15 Great Grand Children. She went down in the rear and could no longer walk without assistance. She was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation when she was 7 that developed into moderate DCM. She lived an active lifestyle despite her heart condition, but for the last 2 years was plagued with an ongoing bone infection in one hind leg that we were able to maintain but never quite clear.
DOB: 1/15/2004 - 10/14/2015
OFA/AKC CHIC# 52215
Sire: Ch. Int DEN SWE NOR NORD Ch. Wolfhouse Melody Maker
Dam: Ch. Ierne's Aine Ni Fear Mor
Link to Pedigree
We were blessed to have Sorcha for almost 12 years. Her litter was amazing with an average life expectancy of 10 years. She was a pleasure to live with and produced 8 offspring of which 3 are still living, Eva, Harper and Colleen. When she passed she was also survived by 15 Grand Children and 15 Great Grand Children. She went down in the rear and could no longer walk without assistance. She was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation when she was 7 that developed into moderate DCM. She lived an active lifestyle despite her heart condition, but for the last 2 years was plagued with an ongoing bone infection in one hind leg that we were able to maintain but never quite clear.
Sorcha Christmas of 2010 three weeks shy of 8 years of age
Lorilane's Brionne Ni Ierne, SC "Brionne"
DOB: 10/12/1992
Sire: Am/Can. Ch. Starkeeper's Lord Dundee
Dam: Ch. Harvest's Summer Legacy, SC, CDX
Link to Pedigree
Link to Health Testing
Passed away at 9 years 3 months to complications secondary to splenic torsion. Brionne was my first show Irish Wolfhound, though her show career was cut short by a non-healing infection which required the removal of 7 inches of her tail, as you can see in the photo. She still did very well at coursing and produced a beautiful litter of puppies. She is the foundation bitch for our line and figured heavily into our success with longevity. She was bred and shared with me by my co-breeder and friend Lori Darnall and Lorilane Irish Wolfhounds.
DOB: 10/12/1992
Sire: Am/Can. Ch. Starkeeper's Lord Dundee
Dam: Ch. Harvest's Summer Legacy, SC, CDX
Link to Pedigree
Link to Health Testing
Passed away at 9 years 3 months to complications secondary to splenic torsion. Brionne was my first show Irish Wolfhound, though her show career was cut short by a non-healing infection which required the removal of 7 inches of her tail, as you can see in the photo. She still did very well at coursing and produced a beautiful litter of puppies. She is the foundation bitch for our line and figured heavily into our success with longevity. She was bred and shared with me by my co-breeder and friend Lori Darnall and Lorilane Irish Wolfhounds.
Starkeeper's Norah Ni Ierne, FCH, SC "Norah"
DOB: 4/27/1994
Sire: Am/Can. Ch. Noinin Cnoc Noll of Limerick
Dam: Am/Can. Ch. Stoneridge Starkeeper Darragh
Link to Pedigree
Norah passed away at 5 years due to bone cancer. She had attained 13 points and two majors toward her Championship and both majors for her Field Championship. She is shown here going Winner's Bitch at the Puget Sound Specialty handled by Anne Prill. She was also Best In Field at the Irish Wolfhound National Specialty in Lake Placid, NY with Frances Abrams judging. She was lovely to live with and very special to us. I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Jocelyne Gagne from Starkeeper Irish Wolfhounds for entrusting her to us.
DOB: 4/27/1994
Sire: Am/Can. Ch. Noinin Cnoc Noll of Limerick
Dam: Am/Can. Ch. Stoneridge Starkeeper Darragh
Link to Pedigree
Norah passed away at 5 years due to bone cancer. She had attained 13 points and two majors toward her Championship and both majors for her Field Championship. She is shown here going Winner's Bitch at the Puget Sound Specialty handled by Anne Prill. She was also Best In Field at the Irish Wolfhound National Specialty in Lake Placid, NY with Frances Abrams judging. She was lovely to live with and very special to us. I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Jocelyne Gagne from Starkeeper Irish Wolfhounds for entrusting her to us.
Ch. Torian's Moonshadow Ni Ierne "Mercedes"
DOB: 3/6/1997
Sire: Ch. Starkeeper Joncarra Brodie
Dam: Lorilane's Brionne Ni Ierne, SC
Passed at 5 years from bloat
Link to Pedigree
DOB: 3/6/1997
Sire: Ch. Starkeeper Joncarra Brodie
Dam: Lorilane's Brionne Ni Ierne, SC
Passed at 5 years from bloat
Link to Pedigree
Ch. Ierne's Aine Ni Fear Mor "Aine"
DOB: 6/15/2001
Sire: DC Nutstown Fear Mor Of St Doulaghs
Dam: Ch. Torian's Moonshadow Ni Ierne
Aine passed at 11 years 3 weeks due to hind limb weakness. She just couldn't get up without help anymore.
Link to Pedigree
DOB: 6/15/2001
Sire: DC Nutstown Fear Mor Of St Doulaghs
Dam: Ch. Torian's Moonshadow Ni Ierne
Aine passed at 11 years 3 weeks due to hind limb weakness. She just couldn't get up without help anymore.
Link to Pedigree
Ch. Lorilane's Zydeco of Ierne "Aodhan"
DOB: 3/10/2005
OFA/AKC CHIC# 72249
Sire: Ch. Wolfhaven Cabriole Berwyck
Dam: Lorilane's Mona
Link to Pedigree
Aodhan passed at just past 8 years of age, his big old heart just gave out. He had struggled with heart disease since May of 2013. He was a very special hound and I owe much to Lori Darnall of Lorilane Irish Wolfhounds for allowing me to take him home and spend the next 8 years in his company. I couldn't possibly describe in this small space what it was like to share life with this big hearted hound.
DOB: 3/10/2005
OFA/AKC CHIC# 72249
Sire: Ch. Wolfhaven Cabriole Berwyck
Dam: Lorilane's Mona
Link to Pedigree
Aodhan passed at just past 8 years of age, his big old heart just gave out. He had struggled with heart disease since May of 2013. He was a very special hound and I owe much to Lori Darnall of Lorilane Irish Wolfhounds for allowing me to take him home and spend the next 8 years in his company. I couldn't possibly describe in this small space what it was like to share life with this big hearted hound.
Ch. Ierne's Stella Artois "Stella"
DOB: 5/17/2007 - 10/29/2014
OFA/AKC CHIC# 67511
Sire: MBIS BIS Ch. Taryn Tate of Limerick, SC
Dam: Ch. Ierne's Sorcha Ni Shirey, JC
Link to Pedigree
Stella was special to me. My husband suggested once that she was overlooked because she was so quiet and unassuming. I think she lived the life she wanted to, close to us, loved by us, safe at home. She was 4 years old when she was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation and early DCM. She was removed from our breeding program and retired to our home where she lived out her final years. She was 7 1/2 when she passed from endocarditis, an infection of the heart. She was put to sleep at the veterinary school where a necropsy was performed. They weren't able to tell us how she acquired the infection of the heart and she is deeply missed by our family.
DOB: 5/17/2007 - 10/29/2014
OFA/AKC CHIC# 67511
Sire: MBIS BIS Ch. Taryn Tate of Limerick, SC
Dam: Ch. Ierne's Sorcha Ni Shirey, JC
Link to Pedigree
Stella was special to me. My husband suggested once that she was overlooked because she was so quiet and unassuming. I think she lived the life she wanted to, close to us, loved by us, safe at home. She was 4 years old when she was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation and early DCM. She was removed from our breeding program and retired to our home where she lived out her final years. She was 7 1/2 when she passed from endocarditis, an infection of the heart. She was put to sleep at the veterinary school where a necropsy was performed. They weren't able to tell us how she acquired the infection of the heart and she is deeply missed by our family.
Stella at 1 year of age going Best Puppy at the Irish Wolfhound Club of America Specialty Show in Dallas, TX 2010. She is being handled by Sean Ritzenthaler. Photo courtesy of Pat Walker, photographer extraordinaire.