Cushendall Hill Pony. Image source: National Museums NI, Ulster Museum Collection, “Fig 2. BELUM.Y13288, Slide car for turf, Glendun, slipe with basket creel, pulled by Cushendall hill pony with straw harness, Robert John Welch, (1859-1936),” c.1895. Accessed via https://exarc.net/issue-2024-2/ea/hay-horses-making-and-using-traditional-style-irish-straw-harness.
Metadata
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last Record
The 1960s
Place of Breeding
Northern Ireland
Synonym
Cushendale Pony | Cushendall Cob | Cushendall Hill Pony
Porter, V., & Mason, I. L. (2002). Mason’s World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.
Porter, V., Alderson, L., Hall, S. J. G., & Sponenberg, D. P. (2016). Mason’s World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding: 2 Volume Pack (1st ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.
The Horse in Early Medieval Ireland. (2022). Super photo of a Cushendall pony , (from Watson, 2000). Supposedly extinct, this distinctive type of garrone was really just bred upwards - you’ll see the characteristics on local cobs today. Also, check the saddle pad ! x.com. Retrieved from https://x.com/EMedIrishHorse/status/1489188139595931652.
