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Key facts
- Other names
- Irish Red Terrier
- Origin
- Ireland
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- 24 to 27 lb
- Coat
- Dense, wiry
- Color
- bright red, golden red, red
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The Irish Terrier (Irish: Brocaire Rua) is a dog breed from Ireland, one of many breeds of terrier. The Irish Terrier is considered one of the oldest terrier breeds. The Dublin dog show in 1873 was the first to provide a separate class for Irish Terriers. By the 1880s, Irish Terriers were the fourth most popular breed in Great Britain and Ireland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Irish Terrier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.