Ireland Dog Licenses Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . #10

The first Irish dog licenses were issued in 1866.  The fee for each license was 2 shilling per dog with an extra 6 pense in administration costs.  Recorded was year issued, name and residence of the person who registered the dog, number of dogs, fees, and sex, color and breed of dog.  Findmypast has digitized images 1866-1914.

Following images from findmypast.com

John WALSH - 1880 - Cloonaleedin - #173

John WALSH(E) of Cloonaleedin was found in the following years registering dogs:

1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1913, 1914.  His dogs were mainly male sheep dogs with an occasional terrier.

Hugh WALSH  (brother of John) - 1902 - Cloonaleedin- #302

Hugh WALSH(E) registered dogs in the following years:
1873, 1880, 1881, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1902, 1904, 1906,  Hugh'ss dogs were sheep and terrier.

John & Hugh WALSH - 1894 - Cloonaleedin - #'s 265 & 266

Patrick WALSH (son of John) - 1910 - Cloonaleedin - #1

Patrick WALSH registered dogs in:
1905, 1910, 1913, 1914.  Pat had male sheep dogs and one terrier.

John "Jack" DONNELLY - 1883 - Ballygoan - #220

 John DONNELLY registered dogs in the following years:
1866, 1873, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909.  John's dogs were male sheep with a few terriers.

Thomas DONNELLY (son of John, National School Teacher) - 1904 - Kincon - #109

Thomas DONNELLY registered dogs in the following years:
1902, 1904 1906.  His dogs were female terrier and male sheep dog.

GARVIN - (Anthony not found in Dog Registers)
Thomas GARVIN (son of Anthony) - 1882 - Rathroe - #111

Thomas GARVIN registered dogs in the following years:
1882, 1893

MAHADY - (no Michael anywhere and no Mahady in Ballygoan)

The following are images of the first year that John DONNELLY and John WALSH registered their dogs.

John DONNELLY - 1866 - Ballygoen - #363

John WALSH - 1869 - Cloonaleedin - #137