Dale, Todays Irish have some white but NOT from the English
Setter but from the original Irish the Irish Red and White Setter
There is a cross with English known as the Red Setter and are
in no way the same as the Irish Setters in looks at all. It is
because of the show and the new breedings that are making the
Irish Setter even harder to get today. As with all good breeds they
have to be protected too. As IMO there is nothing like owning a
real Irish Hunting dog. Here is a pic. of an Irish/Red and
White cross.
If you go back into the early days of the Irish Setter alot
of them had a small bit of white in them. That was
discourage back then but not anymore as the ancestors
are in fact the Irish Red and White Setters. And the Irish
Red and Whites do in fact have the drive. And these old
style Irish also have the drive.