The breed was also used as a hunting ... and mastiffs. The pure Irish wolfhound comes in various colors, from cream to black. Wheatens, reds of various shades, and greys from pale silver to ...

Hilary Jupp, a retired breeder who’s researched the Irish wolfhound for 40 years, says that, although ‘the name is quite a recent one, the hound itself goes back far into the mists of time’. There are ...