The Affix was registered in 1974, but we did not breed our first litter until 1987. This came from our first Show Champion - Fearnley Fireheather of Kirkavagh. Purchased as an eight week old puppy from Pat and the late Barry Rhodes, she won 6 CC’s and 4 Res CC’s and her JW.

There have now been 12 home bred Kirkavagh UK Show Champions and one NZ Champion (the only puppy we have ever exported) plus 2 other CC winners, all descending from Fireheather. Our Affix has now been carried by the winners of 83 CC’s & 82 RCC’s in the UK, 16 new style Junior Warrant winners and 35 KCSB entrants from approx 160 puppies bred. We are very proud to have been Top Breeders in 2001, 2002 & 2004.

Fireheather produced our first home bred Show Champion - Kirkavagh Corejada (6 CC’s, 7 RCC’s), and her brother, Kirkavagh Fireboy, winner of 1CC & 2 RCC’s. Subsequent litters contained the dual RCC winner Kirkavagh Ragotsky and Sh Ch Kirkavagh Musidora (the only bitch in a litter of six) , winner of 4CC’s and 3 RCC’s. Fireheather lived to be almost 15.

Sh Ch Corejada produced our beautiful Sh Ch Kirkavagh Zabara, 9CC’s, 10 Res CC’s.

Zabara produced just two litters, both by Sh Ch Caspians Intrepid, in the first came the four Sh Ch’s; Kirkavagh Khaydara JW, Kirkavagh Kalaglow JW, Kirkavagh Kooyonga 16CC’s, and Kirkavagh Kandy (also a South African Ch, when her owner moved there.) Another member of this litter, Karamita, was the dam of Townsend’s Sh Ch Follidown Red Hot Poker JW . Zabara’s second litter of three pups contained just one bitch who became Sh Ch Kirkavagh Lalibela JW.

Sh Ch Kirkavagh Musidora had just one litter and we kept the delightful dual RCC winner Kirkavagh Gazala, who, when mated to Intrepid, produced Sh Ch Kirkavagh Fidalgo JW (13 CC’s, 12 Res CC’s Gundog Group SKC (Aug) 2004), and his sister Kirkavagh Frivola 1CC & 2RCC’s. Gazala’s second litter, by Sh Ch Kirkavagh Kalaglow, produced KCSB entrants - K Neolanta and K Nikellora, who is already the dam of 2 CC winners and K Nijinsky, sire of SA Ch Muharraq Overberg Dawn.

Fidalgo JW and Lalibela JW together produced the lovely Sh Ch Kirkavagh Jumilla, who is our fifth generation Sh Ch female, in direct descent from Fireheather and her sister Jakomima is the dam of our newly crowned Sh Ch Ivanjica JW (by Clachnahar Ami Pierrot JW) as well as Ch Sh 1st prize winning litter mates Iliona, Intermezzo, Istabraq and Ivoroski. A repeat of this mating contained K Hernando, recently BP in Breed at 3 Counties. Jumilla has now had two small litters by Ami Pierrot, her two oldest daughters Ebadiyla and Escena have done well, with Ebadiyla gaining her JW and Escena winning BPIS at the South of England ISC Ch Show. Jumilla’s most recent litter contained K Xakala BPIS at Belfast & Dist ISC.

The late Sh Ch Kooyonga 16CC’s , 6 RCC’s, won her first two CC’s on consecutive days, was twice BIS at the Setter & Pointer Championship Show in 2001 & 2002 and was Top Irish Setter (Dog World) in 2001 She is the dam of Sh Ch Kirkavagh Bikala JW and two other JW winners. Her daughter Kirkavagh Bayakoa JW produced a lovely litter by Clachnahar Ami Pierrot JW in February 2010, containing the Ch Show 1st Prize winners K The Wizard, K Wayward Lad, K Wheel of Fortune and our own K Windmill Girl.

Sh Ch Khaydara JW is dam of 2 RCC winners and 4 other Championship Show winners here and of NZ Ch K Priolo at Marindallas, who has sired a number of Champions in New Zealand. We hope to have a litter from his sister K Primera JW (2 RCC’s) early in 2012.

Sh Ch Kirkavagh Kalaglow JW is the sire of a Sh Ch and a number of RCC winners.

Linda awards CC’s in Irish Setters and judges all breeds in the Gundog Group at Open level.

She has judged in Sweden in 1990, Belgium in 2000 and was honoured to judge Irish Setter Bitches at Crufts in 2010. She is now looking forward to judging on both Islands in New Zealand in November 2011 .

We breed only from mature, winning bitches, carefully selecting stud dogs to suit, both mentally and physically.

Our dogs all live in the house and our puppies are all reared in the house, we would not expect our youngsters to move to a kennel environment.

We would not consider export unless to someone personally known to us.

All stock is hereditarily clear of PRA rcd1 and CLAD.