Loaʻa ka hōʻike mua i kākau ʻia o kēia mau ʻīlio ma ke kanikela Roma ma 391. ʻAʻole kānalua ʻo Irish greyhounds i komo i ka hānau ʻana o ka Scottish Deerhounds. ʻO kahi pālua o nā ʻāhinahina Irish he makana nui loa ia mai nā hale aliʻi o ʻEulopa, Scandinavia, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka Middle Ages a hiki i ke kenekulia 17. No laila, hele mai kēia mau ʻīlio i ʻEnelani, Sepania, Palani, Suedena, Denemaka, Peresia, India, a me Polani. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka inoa o ka ʻīlio i ka wolfhound, ʻike ʻia, i ke kenekulia 15, i ia manawa ua koi ʻia kēlā me kēia kalana e mālama i 24 wolfhounds i mea e pale ai i nā pua mahiʻai mai ka hoʻouka ʻana o nā ʻīlio hae.
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