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08 November 2019

Noel Mullins on 08 Nov 2019

HUNTING: Hunting sisters prove 'a class act'

Noel Mullins starts his hunting season with a day out with the South County Dublin Harriers, Ireland's oldest drag hunt

Noel Mullins

8 November 2019

Huntsman Grace Kerr of the South County Dublin Harriers , Ireland's oldest drag pack, with her sisters Eve Kerr and Eimear Byrne whipping-in at meet from The Batterstown Inn \ Noel Mullins

Eimear Byrne, whipper-in to the South County Dublin Harriers, in action on their meeting from the Batterstown Inn \ Noel Mullins

Zoe Brownlee and Leila Shannon, the latter on Mary, a rescue pony enjoyed a new career in the hunting field \ Noel Mullins

NOV 2019: Martin Flynn and Ginny Beard at the South County Dublin Harriers meet from the Batterstown Inn \ Noel Mullins PAID

THE South County Dublin Harriers don’t hang about, hosting their opening meet in September. They have a very active junior hunt section complete with their own hunt ball, and they had a healthy following with about 50 mounted followers out on the day at Gerry O’Malley’s Batterstown Inn in Co Meath.

James Norton’s book, The History of the South County Dublin Hunt, launched by former Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey in 1991, is a comprehensive record with an extensive archive of photos. It has always been a popular hunt that attracted many followers from Dublin City and the suburbs, and quite a number of politicians, including former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave, and his father, President WT Cosgrave who were frequent followers.