We are Helen & Jerome, breeders of GCCF/GCCFI registered Tonkinese cats in Ireland.

I was born in Oxfordshire, England, and moved to Ireland, Jerome's home, at the start of 2020.

I grew up with cats and dogs, and within weeks of buying my first house in 1993 I visited the local Blue Cross and came home with my first cats, two rescue ginger siblings, Oscar and Maisie. A ginger half-Siamese named Murph joined us a month later. Various rescues followed and then, fifteen years ago, I discovered Tonkinese cats through a litter of half-Tonkinese kittens. The breeder's queen escaped from the 'cat proof' garden, had liaisons with a local tom and the result was Bijou. My love affair with Tonkinese cats had begun! 

Since then I have been a slave to five Tonks. 

Aurora and Celeste were Jerome's introduction to Tonks. Whilst Celeste remained my 'shadow' Aurora took to Jerome from day one and when he broke his ankle within the first few months of us meeting she would follow him everywhere, up and down the stairs, stair by stair, and curl up by his broken ankle everyday until it healed.