Garron vs Galloway - What's the difference?
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A small and usually disdained type of horse, typically bred in Scotland and Ireland.
*2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, page 445:
*:To the west Ollo Lophand and Tim Stone were moving through the horselines, feeding and watering the remaining garrons .
*2009 , , Glencoe , Amberley 2009, page 37:
*:For transport they might keep short, sturdy garrons : and the chief went nowhere on foot.
A formerly Gaelic-speaking region in the southwestern-most corner of Scotland as part of Dumfries and Galloway council area. Its capital is Kirkcudbright.