CAMELOT .. Yes, that is Zena with a wig playing a page boy ! The day before Shea won his first group at Bath Ch Show

At 5 1/2 months old growing fast . on a Cornish beach with the Basset Tamartown Ajax      

Shea's brother, sister & mother at the IW club rally 1968

Shop Hounds.. Shea at 9 years & Muffet .. Ch Hussy

In the Plym river with the puppy Aylis ...Drakesleat Tudor

4 firsts and wins  his first Reserve CC at Windsor

judge Caren Lindhe 

A picture from the Western Morning News Plymouth Devon

Shea and Aylis  

Shea at Tan Cottage Plympton St Maurice.. 8 1/2 years old

                                        As a puppy relaxing at home with Annie Lou and Jake                                                           Shea at two years

His second CC and a group win at Manchester Judge Bill Siggers

His third CC came at Blackpool Judge Thelma Gray

The morning of the show ..Blackpool Sands at 8am

His very first cups and trophies

Best in Show at 14 Open Shows in his first two years showing 

Off to Crufts at Earls Court

The most handsome dog in the world !

A painting by a friend 1971 

Shea with Cathy Sutton, who used him extensively in her book of the breed

  The most handsome dog in the world !   from  "The Irish Wolfhound"                 

by John Gordon

Shea with Zena & mother in law, with his first Best in Show rosette          judge Andrew Thompson