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The Irish Wolfhound is famous in both legend and history. It is mentioned as far back as the second century A.D. When the Celts invaded Greece in 273 B.C., Arrian wrote of "the swift hounds" and evidence of this can be seen in statues, jewelery, paintings and other artifacts which have been recovered from that period. From the 12th to the 16th centuries, Irish noblemen and their chieftains were still hunting with their Great Irish Dogs by their side. It was not until the 17th century, due to the disappearance of wolves and elk, that a serious shortage of wolfhounds was apparent mainly beca...