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Shame on the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, Co. Limerick for promoting cruel fox hunting.
An equestrian page on the hotel’s website states: "The fox hunting centre of Ireland. Fox hunting is a particular speciality of the proprietors Louis & Hugh Murphy, they will personally book all hunts and horses....We offer early breakfast on request, valet service for hunting attire, storage of riding equipment and transport.”
The page also lists hunting groups in the area
https://www.dunravenhotel.com/attractions/equestrian/76-3/
The Dunraven Arms Hotel shamefully hosts the Limerick Harriers hunt ball. It also hosts the Limerick Foxhounds hunt ball, including in February 2025.
The Limerick Foxhounds is affiliated to the Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association and its terrorisation of foxes has been well documented.
An article in “Horse and Hound” magazine (11 January 2024) highlighted the plight of foxes during a “fast and furious” Limerick Foxhounds hunt. One of the foxes was killed in woodland, with the report outlining how two red-coated hunters on horseback were “pulled up in the eaves of a dark wood, where the wonderful Limerick hounds finally accounted for their fox”. Another fox was chased and killed – “after a lively little scurry, hounds accounted for their fox in a brambly ditch”.
A report in the Irish Field (7 December 2024) told of how foxes were chased by a pack of 35 dogs during a hunt - “It wasn’t long before [hounds] had a fine west Limerick dog fox afoot,” the report stated. “Reynard set his mark for the ruined castle of Dromore which dominates the skyline, looking down on the Shannon Estuary, with Shannon Airport distinctly visible on the Clare side of the tide. With hounds working hard and music to match, they pressed on towards the main road, but our pilot [the fox] knew where he was going as he found a welcoming shore and was given best.”
Later, another fox was targeted by the hunters: “Hounds drew on along the estuary and soon found [a fox] and ran towards Ringmoylan Pier, before swinging inland across Ballydoole and crossing back to the Cartown side of the road, where they met the best jumping of the day.” The fate of this fox was not revealed.
Boycott businesses that support bloodsports.
Shame on the Irish Government for allowing bloodsports to continue in 2025. A RED C opinion poll, commissioned by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports, shows that a 77% majority (in both urban and rural areas) agree that the government should ban fox hunting. The poll found that just 12 per cent disagree with a ban.
SEE ALSO:
A veterinary surgeon is a JOINT-MASTER OF A FOXHUNT in Limerick
https://www.facebook.com/banbloodsports/posts/2078811485567732
Foxes terrorised ‘almost non-stop’ during 5 hour hunt in Limerick
https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/foxes-terrorised-almost-non-stop-during-5-hour-hunt-in-limerick/
Foxes terrorised by 35 dogs during County Limerick hunt
https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/foxes-terrorised-by-35-dogs-during-county-limerick-hunt/
Ruth Coppinger TD "working on a bill to ban fox hunting in Ireland”
https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/ruth-coppinger-td-working-on-a-bill-to-ban-fox-hunting-in-ireland/
ACTION ALERT
Get in touch with your local TDs and tell them to back a ban on fox hunting. Visit the Oireachtas website for contact details https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=/ie/oireachtas/house/dail/34
Contact the leaders of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein and the Labour Party. Tell them that you want fox hunting, hare coursing and all bloodsports banned.
Micheál Martin TD
Leader, Fianna Fail
Email: micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie; info@fiannafail.ie
Tel: 01 619 4000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@MichealMartinTD
Simon Harris TD
Leader, Fine Gael
Telephone: 01 281 3727
Email: simon.harris@oireachtas.ie; finegael@finegael.ie
X: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeputySimonHarris
Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Fein
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaryLouMcDonaldTD
Ivana Bacik TD
Leader, The Labour Party
Tel: (01) 6183136
Email: ivana.bacik@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivanabacik
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bacikivana/
Keep hunters off your land
If you are a landowner, make your land off-limits to hunters. Find out more about how to do this on our Farmers/Landowners Page – http://www.banbloodsports.com/farmers.htm
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http://www.banbloodsports.com/videos.htm
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