Irish Setter | Pedigree Chums™ The Dog Bingo Game

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The Irish Setter was bred from older Irish setting dogs into a fast, stylish red gundog that finds game birds. In our family tree, its ancestors include the English Setter, the Irish Water Spaniel, the Gordon Setter and the Pointer. It later helped make the Golden Retriever, and it is still its own breed today. Tap a circle inside to keep digging.

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Likely life span

Learn more about the dogs that went into making the Irish Setter

c. 3000 BCOld Desert coursing dogs

c. 3000 BCAncient eastern sighthounds

c. 700 BCOld trail dogs of the East

c. 500 BCOld hunting dogs of the Celts

c. 400 BCLaconian tracking Hounds

c. 100 BCSegusian tracking Hounds

Corded herding dogs

AncientCeltic Hound

c. 100Gaulish coursing Hounds

AncientCeltic Coursing Hound

AncientCeltic Scent Hound

AncientCeltic herdsmen's dogs

c. 400Continental Germanic herding dogs

c. 900Norse settlers dogs

MedievalShepherd's Dogs

MedievalBloodhound

MedievalRache

MedievalTalbot

c. 1300Chien-gris

MedievalSouthern Hound

MedievalOld working collies

MedievalLand Spaniels

1500sEnglish Foxhound

1500sOtterhound

1500sThe First Setters

1600sWater Spaniels

1700sOld Irish water dogs

1700sPointer

1700sEnglish Setter

1700sGreyhound

1700sOld black-and-tan Setters

early 1800sOld hill and bearded Collies

mid 1800sIrish Water Spaniel

1860sRough Collie

late 1800sGordon Setter

late 1800sIrish Setter