Carlow County -
Ireland Genealogical Projects (IGP
TM)
Regimental Mascots Carlow
Norah or Leitrim Boy
Source: Terry
Curran c2007
Irish Guards
1910 to 1924
Leitrim Boy was the second regimental pet. He
was whelped on November 12th, 1907, bred by Mr.
O'Malley, by Galtee Boy out of Carlow Norah. He
was registered with the Kennel Club by his
owner, Mr. T.J. Kilbride, with the incorrect
information that his sire was Galtee and
unregistered. In June, 1911 he was transferred
from Mr. T.J. Kilbride to Mr. T. Kilbride and
then in December, 1911 he was transferred from
Mr. T. Kilbride to Lord Powerscourt. This may
seem a little odd since he was presented to the
Irish Guards by Lord Powerscourt in 1910,
following his gaining of a second place in the
Graduate Class and a third in the Limit Class at
the Dublin Show in May that year.
Leitrim
Boy
Children greeting Leitrim Boy
( painting by Edgar A. Holloway)
This
newspaper item appeared c.1915 Mr. John Redmond, M.P. reviews the
band of the Irish Guards before the High
Mass at Westminster Cathedral
The
official portrait of Leitrim Boy by Heywood Hardy
