irish terriers

[greggy 18]

has anyone ever heard of a terrier called an irish bella or balla??i remember reading an old article in either an earth dog or countrymans an saw these dogs which were a red coulor and looked like small staff types with pricked ears, i googled them but nothing came up.any info????cheers.

[Stabs 3]

has anyone ever heard of a terrier called an irish bella or balla??i remember reading an old article in either an earth dog or countrymans an saw these dogs which were a red coulor and looked like small staff types with pricked ears, i googled them but nothing came up.any info????cheers.

 

 

I remember seeing them in the classifieds section about 10 years ago

[greggy 18]

cheers mate.nobody else then.

[gnipper 6,411]

I think it was Bala terriers.

[tinytiger 822]

I think it was Bala terriers.

 

 

balla is a town in mayo if that helps.Ive heard of them but never seen them,i recall seeing balla x plummers advertised somewhere a few years back(in england).Ive never seen or heard of one over here in ireland though (extinct??)

[forest of dean redneck 11,527]

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