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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 Terrierswith 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. At the second meeting of the Association All Breeders & Exhibitors of the
English Cairn Terrier Club were proposed and accepted as members .
Another of the joint presidents was the Honorable Mrs. Ernest Guinness wife of
the Honorable Arthur Earnest Guinness
one of Irelands well renowned families.
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".
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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