We are a small, four membered family who lives in a small town in Croatia, called Osijek. We have met with Irish Wolfhounds back in 1990.,when we got our first grey brindle male Wolfhound puppy named Saab.

We know the continental Celts kept a Greyhound probably descended from the Greyhounds first depicted in Egyptian paintings. Like their continental cousins, the Irish Celts were interested in breeding large hounds. These large Irish hounds may have had smooth or rough coats, but in later times, the rough coat came to predominate possibly because of the Irish climate. The first written account of these dogs was by a Roman Consul in 391 A.D. but they were already established in Ireland in the first century A.D. when Setanta changed his name to Cu-Chulainn (the hound of Culann).

F.C.I. Standard No 160 Origin - Ireland

1.2.01 UTILIZATION:

Up to the end of the 17th century, Irish Wolfhounds were used for hunting wolves and deer in Ireland. They were also used for hunting the wolves that infested large areas of Europe before the forests were cleared.CLASSIFICATION:
Group 10 (sighthounds)
Section 2 (rough-coated sighthounds)
Without working trial