The Irish Wolfhound Archives

Dr May's Collection

Sculptures, statuettes, correspondence, newspaper cuttings etc

Sculptures etc from the Dr May's Collection bought by Elizabeth Murphy
 from Mrs Roche, now returned to the Dr May collection.  

Some committee members of the IWC of Ireland also bought some items.
  If these can be traced, I will include photographs.

 

Notebook records "Baileys  Hound “Cuculain”  KCSB 21753 by a well known Dutch Sculptor “Van Beuron” on opposite page “Cuculain purchased May 1885”.
 (16 x 13 inches:  41 x 33 cm)

Difficult to compare with “Cuchullin”.  Number 38 in Graham’s Pedigrees.
Photo only of the bronze, it would be interesting to know where the bronze is now.

Irish Wolfhound Death Mask
(14 x 7 inches; 35.5 x 18cm)

Inscription:
"Presented by the management of the Irish Wolfhound Club of Ireland
To T. W. Corcoran M.P.S.I
In recognition of his services as founder and Secretary 1925 - 1929"

Irish/UK Ch Finbarr Boroimhe
Owner: Mr Corcoran.  Breeder Mr & Mrs Donnelly
Born: 29th August, 1925
It has been suggested that Finbarr was used as model for the Irish sixpence

Irish Wolfhound painting on turf. Turf allowed to dry out breaking up painting. Sod of turf mounted by Cambridge & Co, Grafton Street, Dublin

GELERT

One of the above is reproduced in Capt Graham's "Irish Wolfhound Pedigrees 1859-1906", published by The IWC of Ireland in 1959, with the following description.

"A China group about one hundred years old commemorating the sad story of the faithful GELERT who saved Llewellyn's daughter from the gaunt wolf. Note the Shamrocks on the little Princess's dress."
(Height: 8.5 inches/21.5cm)


Irish Wolfhound in solid brass.

Length: 12.5ins (32cm)

Height to top of head: 5.5ins (14 cm) 

Dr May's comment on the tail

 'poetic licence'

       

THE IRISH PENNY JOURNAL, May 1841
Article by H. R. Richardson on
THE IRISH WOLFDOG
(Click on pages to enlarge)


Pedigree of ROMEO Born 30.4.1896          Romeo 30.4.01896 repeated to show note re height on top

 
Pedigree IRIS Born 29.4.1898                   Pedigree TYNAGH born 20.6.1899

 
Pedigree FUATH born 7.8.1903                                  Pedigree LUFRA RHU (i) born 6.9.1904

 
Pedigree LUFRA RHU (second copy) born 6.9.1904 Pedigree I W litter - Dam born 1938. Sire born 1929


Pedigree of Litter bred by Dr May 24.8.1932

Archival Data

Dr May had the following collection stored in an old medical journal.

I have not found John Baily’s  notes and newspaper cuttings referred to by Delphis
Gardner  at the end of the reprint of The Rev E Hogan’s section in book The Irish Wolfdog. 

As some of these notes are pasted into a copy of JOHN BULL, 1906, before Dr May’s time, perhaps they include John Baily’s research notes and may include some more of Fr Hogan’s notes.    

 

Newspaper report re 1730s Wolf Dogs lost

   

Graham Letter 09.03.1877
  
  

The following was written into the back of  Dr May’s old Medical Journal
As with Graham’s letter above, the pages were longer than A4 and had to be copied in two sections.

  
  

  
  

  
                                                            

Article on the revival of the Irish Wolfhound
Unsigned and undated


Page 4 missing               

Dr R J May’s account of his early days in the breed

 Dr May’s Research Notes

1948 DOG WORLD(USA)
Report on
Wolfhounds of Ireland

 

The Irish Wolfhound
by  Dr R J May
(handwritten)


The End


 Early letter-headings of the
Irish wolfhound club of Ireland


Irish Times 26.8.1939
Write-up on Hogan Graham Reprint


Trophy List Irish Wolfhound Club of Ireland
1950-1960

IRISH WOLFHOUND CLUB OF IRELAND
IWC of Ireland Rulebook 1960

Irish Times report 1960
Revive Breeding of Irish Wolfhound

Article on
THE IRISH WOLFHOUND
by Robert J May
Published in
IRELAND OF THE WELCOMES
     
    

Letters from Malcolm Graham, Capt Graham’s son, to Dr May,   President of the Irish Wolfhound Club of Ireland







Notes on back of letter dated January 26th 1938 1938