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"Dexter Bull Entries in the Kerry and Dexter Herd Book, Volume One, 1890"

Royal Dublin Society

In January 1887, the "Farmer's Gazette" published the first register of Dexter (and Kerry) cattle in Ireland. This ran for about three years and was then published by the Royal Dublin Society as the Kerry and Dexter Herdbook, with  Volume 1 appearing in 1890. The Irish Kerry and Dexter Society was not formed until 1917. Duncan MacIntyre, a Vet and Dexter breeder on the Isle of Bute in Scotland, scanned the following information from an original of the Herdbook and sent it to the webmaster who typed out the entries.

NOTES: Care has been taken to type out these entries accurately but the occasional minor error may have slipped the checking. Not all entries have the same information - day and month of birth, breeder, earmark number, etc seemed not to have been available for all entries. Some entries provide more information than others, e.g. name of sire and dam. "Calved" presumably means "born".

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DEXTER BULLS

1    AICME DIAMOND.

Black; calved May, 1888; owner, Richard Barter, St. Ann's Hill, Cork; breeder unknown. Earmark No. 361. Qualified by inspection.

2    BILLY.

Black; calved 1888; owner, James Robertson, La Mancha, Malahide; breeder unknown. Earmark No. 89. Qualified by inspection.

3    BLACK DWARF.

Black; calved 1888; owner, Pierce Mahony, Kilmorna, North Kerry; breeder unknown. Earmark No. 1162. Qualified by inspection.

4    CHANG.

Black; calved October, 1888; owner, Lord Ashburton, The Grange, Alresford; purchased from Richard Barter, St. Ann's Hill, Cork; Earmark No. 1154. Qualified by inspection.

5    DIAMOND.

Black; calved Spring, 1887; owner and breeder, Robert McClure, Glenhazel, Kenmare, Co. Kerry. Eamark No. 569. Qualified by inspection.

6    FASCINATION.

Black; calved 1887; owner, George Frederick Roumien, Runwick House, Farnham, Surrey; breeder unknown. Highly Commended, Royal Agricultural Society of England's Show at Windsor, 1889.

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7    FERGUS.

Black; calved May, 1888; owner, The Marquis Conyngham, Slane Castle, Co. Meath; Earmark No. 748. Qualified by inspection.

8    KING PIPPIN.

Black; calved Spring, 1888; owner, Robert McClure, Glenhazel, Kenmare, Co. Kerry; breeder unknown, Eamark No. 568. Qualified by inspection.

9    KNIGHT OF KERRY.

Black; date of birth unknown; owner, Her Majesty the Queen, The Prince Consort's Shaw Farm, Windsor. Earmark No. 593. Qualified by inspection.

10   KNIGHT OF PICTON.

Black; calved May, 1887; owner, Sir Charles E. G. Phillips, Bart., Picton Castle, Haverfordwest, England; purchased from J. E. Butler, Waterville, Co. Kerry. Earmark No. 344. Qualified by inspection.

11   KNIGHT OF ST. PATRICK.

Black; calved April 13, 1888; owner, Major John Fielden Brocklehurst, Ranksborough, Oakham, Rutland; breeder, Aylesbury Dairy Company, Horsham, Sussex; sire Pat; dam Lady Killarney. Earmark No. 881. 2nd Prize, R. A. S. E. Show, Windsor, 1889.

12   LIMELIGHT. [See photo at right]

Black; calved, 1886; owner, Harold Swithinbank, Denham Court, Denham, Bucks; breeder unknown. 1st Prize, and Queen's Gold Medal, at the R. A. S. Show, Windsor, 1889.

13   LORD LOHER.

Black; calved May 10, 1888; owner, William Shuel, Cahireiveen; breeder, Simon Kelly, Loher. Earmark No. 272. Qualified by inspection.

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14   LORD OF THE VALE.

Black; calved November, 1887; owner, Toler R. Garvey, Thorn Vale, Moneygall; breeder unknown. Earmark No. 598. Qualified by inspection.

15   MASTER THOM.

Black; calved May 2, 1888; owner and breeder, The Right Hon. Viscount de Vesci, Abbeyleix House, Abbeyleix. Earmark No. 235. Qualified by inspection.

16   MOONLIGHTER.

Black; calved October 17, 1887; owner, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, K.G., Sandringham; breeder, The Aylesbury Dairy Company, Horsham; sire Busaco 3rd; dam Granny. Earmark No. 891. Qualified by inspection. Reserved and highly commended at the Royal Agricultural Society of England Show at Newcastle in 1887. 

17   OTHELLO.

Black; calved April 26, 1889; owner and breeder, Martin John Sutton, Dyson's Wood, Kidmore, Reading; sire Paradox (18); dam Rosemary (4). 

18   PARADOX.

Black; calved February, 1884; owner, Martin John Sutton, Dyson's Wood, Kidmore, Reading; purchased from James Robertson. 3rd Prize, Royal Agricultural Society of England, Windsor, 1889.

[Photo of Paradox from another source]

19   RIOTER.

Black; date of birth unknown; owner, Her Majesty the Queen, The Prince Consort's Shaw Farm, Windsor. Earmark No. 592. Qualified by inspection.

20   ROMEO.

Black; calved 1887; owner, The Duchess of Abercorn, Baronscourt, Newtownstewart; purchased from James Robertson, La Mancha, Malahide. Qualified by inspection.

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21   SHAMROCK.

Black; calved 1888; owner, The Earl of Kenmare, Killarney House, Killarney; purchased from James E. Butler, Waterville, Co. Kerry. Earmark No. 120. Qualified by inspection.

22   SUNLIGHT.

Black; calved 1885; owner, The Marquis Conyngham, Slane Castle, Co. Meath; breeder unknown; purchased from J. Robertson, La Mancha, Malahide, Co. Dublin. Highly Commended, R. A. S. E. Show, 1889.

23   TANEY II.

Black; calved 1888; owner, F. Elrington Ball, Taney House, Dundrum, Co. Dublin. Earmark No. 477. Qualified by inspection.

24   TOM THUMB.

Black; calved May, 1889; owner, Lord Ashburton, The Grange, Alresford; breeder, The Marquis Conyngham, Slane Castle, Co. Meath. Earmark No. 1155. Qualified by inspection.

25   XERXES.

Black; calved, 1888; owner, Thomas Butler, Priestown House, Priestown, Co. Meath. Earmark No. 864. Qualified by inspection.

26   ZEBRA.

Black; calved, 1888; owner, Thomas Butler, Priestown House, Priestown, Co. Meath; breeder, Thomas Kennedy. Earmark No. 865. Qualified by inspection.

See also "Preface to Kerry & Dexter Herd Book, Vol 1, 1890"

See also "Dexter Cow Entries in 1890 Kerry & Dexter Herd Book"

To "Correspondence about the Royal Dexter Herds of Queen Victoria and Edward, Prince of Wales"

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