52°25′33″N 8°22′16″W / 52.4257°N 8.3712°W [1]
Scarteen ( Irish: An Scairtín, meaning 'small thicket') [2] is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyscaddan, County Limerick, [2] near the village of Knocklong. It is best known for the Scarteen Hunt, a fox hunting pack of Kerry Beagles based at Scarteen House, a big house owned since the 1750s by the Ryan family, one of the few Catholic gentry of Penal times. [3] The dogs' coat pattern gave the hunt its nickname, the "Black and Tans", later applied derisively to the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence. [3] Hunt master Thady Ryan (1923–2005) increased the hunt's cachet among visitors from Great Britain and the United States and, later, Continental Europe. [3] Ryan was chef d'equipe of the Irish eventing team at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. [3] As of 2016 [update] the hunt was mastered by Thady Ryan's son Chris Ryan. [4]
52°25′33″N 8°22′16″W / 52.4257°N 8.3712°W [1]
Scarteen ( Irish: An Scairtín, meaning 'small thicket') [2] is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyscaddan, County Limerick, [2] near the village of Knocklong. It is best known for the Scarteen Hunt, a fox hunting pack of Kerry Beagles based at Scarteen House, a big house owned since the 1750s by the Ryan family, one of the few Catholic gentry of Penal times. [3] The dogs' coat pattern gave the hunt its nickname, the "Black and Tans", later applied derisively to the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence. [3] Hunt master Thady Ryan (1923–2005) increased the hunt's cachet among visitors from Great Britain and the United States and, later, Continental Europe. [3] Ryan was chef d'equipe of the Irish eventing team at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. [3] As of 2016 [update] the hunt was mastered by Thady Ryan's son Chris Ryan. [4]