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The Cairn Terrier
Association of Ireland was founded in May 1928 in Foxrock, Dublin by Lady
De Courcy-Wheeler There also existed The Cairn Terrier Club so the members decided to call the new club the
"Cairn Terrier
Association of Ireland" (CTAI). It is the only remaining club representing the Cairn Terrier
affiliated to the Irish Kennel Club. The Association is the oldest
existing Cairn Club in
Ireland and one of the oldest in Europe. The first
recorded meeting of members of the Association was held at Carrickbyrne, Foxrock on May
2nd 1928. Some
of the founder members of this club still hold a place today in the
history of the Cairn Terrier and in the history of Ireland. 
The Joint
President was Baroness Burton formally Nellie Lisa Bass who
inherited
Rangemore Hall and the title of
Baroness Burton
after the death of her
father, Lord Burton in 1909. For 70 years Baroness Burton divided her time
between Rangemore Hall and her two Scottish homes. The Baroness moved to Needwood House, still on the estate
just one
mile from Rangemore Hall. She still travelled to her Scotland homes, always
taking her beloved Cairn Terriers
with her. She exhibited cairns
before they were called by that name and her standards of a good cairn
was
printed in the Cairn Terrier Association Year Book.
Another of the joint presidents was the Honorable Mrs. Ernest Guinness
wife of the Honorable Arthur Earnest Guinness
one of
Irelands well renowned families.
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The Vice President was none other than Mrs. Alastair
Campbell who was a founder of the breed and exhibited the first Cairn
Terrier at the Inverness Show in
1909. It was then described as a short haired Skye Terrier. The specimens shown there
were of various colours, including black, but
otherwise conformed generally
to the type we know today. In fact the first
seven cairns registered as Prick Eared Sky Terriers were
registered in her
name. She was the first secretary of the Cairn Terrier
Club and she judged the first
show at which championship status was
granted. She bred the first Cairn bitch to win a challenge
certificate in the UK "Firring Flora" and owned the first
UK champion dog "Ch Gesto". |
At the second meeting of the Association All Breeders & Exhibitors
of the English Cairn Terrier Club were proposed and accepted as members .
The Cairn Terrier Association of Ireland was on its way and members and
lovers of the breed owe a lot to these wonderful people who had a great
love of the breed and have left us a legacy to love and cherish.
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