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THE CONNEMARA PONY
Description and points of the Connemara pony
The Connemara Pony is Ireland's only native breed. Renown for their hardiness, agility, versatility, intelligence and a natural jumping ability.
The history of the Connemara pony is thought to date back to the arrival of the Celts to Ireland in the fourth century B.C., who brought the ponies to Connemara.
Legend has it that when the Spanish Armada sank off the coast of Connemara in the sixteenth century, the Spanish Barb horses swam ashore and bred with the native ponies running wild on the Connemara mountains.
The history of the Connemara pony is thought to date back to the arrival of the Celts to Ireland in the fourth century B.C., who brought the ponies to Connemara.
Legend has it that when the Spanish Armada sank off the coast of Connemara in the sixteenth century, the Spanish Barb horses swam ashore and bred with the native ponies running wild on the Connemara mountains.