Scarteen

Scarteen (Irish: An Scairtín, meaning 'small thicket')[2] is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyscaddan, County Limerick,[2] near the village of Knocklong in Ireland.

[3] The dogs' coat pattern gave the hunt its nickname, the "Black and Tans", later applied derisively to sections of the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence.

[3] Hunt master Thady Ryan (1923–2005) increased the hunt's cachet among visitors from Great Britain and the United States and, later, Continental Europe.

[3] Ryan was chef d'equipe of the Irish eventing team at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.

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