Dog Show 2018

The 2018 dog show attracted a wide variety of owners and their dogs on the day. Best in Show 2018 was Jenny O’Meara with her Irish Wolfhound “Yeats”. Reserve champion was Willy O’Meara from Fethard with “Rodge” a beautiful Irish terrier. Best Puppy in Show went to Kathleen Dalton from Urlingford with “Teddy”, a Bernese mountain dog. Young Handler of the Year was Grace Kennedy with “Bailey” a Cavalier King Charles/Bichon Frise cross. Dawn Fitzgerald from Urlingford won the Chairman’s choice with “Baby Bear”.

Best in Show

Jenny O’Meara with her Irish Wolfhound “Yeats”

Young Handler of the Year

Grace Kennedy with “Bailey”

Best Puppy in Show

Kathleen Dalton from Urlingford with “Teddy”

Dog Show Gallery 2018

Best Male Puppy

1st Molly O’Keeffe from Thurles with with “Buddy”
2nd Willie O’Meara with “Rodge”
3rd Claire Doherty with “Toby”

Best Female Puppy 

1st Rosemary Chambers with “Luca”
2nd Jimmy Lawrence with “Peggy”

Best Small Dog

1st Jessica Mullally with “Lilly”
2nd Shelly Morrissey with “Casper”

Best Terrier

1st Willie O’Meara with “Rodge”
2nd Yax Sharp right with “Sky”
3rd Ber Bourke with “Woody”

Best Gun Dog 

1st Orla O’Dea with “Bell”
2nd Alice Morrissey with “Ted”
3rd Trish Noonan with “Finn”

Best Large Dog

1st Jenny O’Meara with “Yeats”
2nd Viara Greyfort with “Twister”
3rd Kathleen Dalton with “Teddy”

Best Hound

1st Jenny O’Meara with “Yeats”
2nd Laura McCarthy with “Bell”
3rd Kayleigh Whelan with “Toby”

Best Veteran

1st Sharon Kiely from Limerick with “Prince”
2nd Jessica Corcoran with “Saphire”
3rd Joe Bergin with “Benji”

Best Boy Handler

1st A great young man all the way from Co. Laois
2nd “Toby” from Cullen
3rd Jimmy Lawrence with “Peggy”

Best Girl Handler

1st Grace Kennedy with “Bailey”
2nd Erin and Emily with “Guinness”
3rd Natasha with “Zach”

Chairman’s Choice

Dawn Fitzgerald from Urlingford with “Baby Bear”

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