• Cushendale Pack Horse

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Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

The 1960s

Place of Breeding

Northern Ireland

Synonym

Cushendale Pony | Cushendall Cob | Cushendall Hill Pony

References

Maguire, R. (2016). Our Lovely Horse. Archaeology Ireland, 30(3), 10-12. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43893493

Maguire, R., & Johnston, R. (2024, June 4). Hay is for Horses: Making and Using a Traditional-Style Irish Straw Harness. EXARC Journal. https://exarc.net/issue-2024-2/ea/hay-horses-making-and-using-traditional-style-irish-straw-harness

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.