The word in Irish means “shore dweller”, and the Cladóir was a common Irish breed prior to the Famine when it was displaced by imports of Cheviot and blackface sheep.

Breed secretary of the Blackface Sheep Breeders' Association, Aileen McFadzean, said: "There are up to 7000 ewes lambs purchased by NI breeders wintered in Scotland and as the rules stand, they will ...

Mayo sheep farmers are proving that there really is strength in numbers Members of Mayo's Sheep group's Pat Waldron (South Mayo Lamb Producers), John Noonan, (Mayo Mountain Blackface Sheep ...

Most of the sheep raised in Ireland are hardy, dual-purpose breeds such as the Galway, Cheviot, and Blackface Mountain sheep. These sheep have evolved to withstand Ireland's often damp, ...

Last year, almost 2.783m sheep were processed in Irish lamb processing plants, ... However, the Cheviot and Scottish Blackface hill ewes are very hardy and resilient breeds and are hugely.

OVER 200 lambs were on show at the Kerry Black Face Sheep Breeders' Association's Ram Show and Sale on Saturday as interest in the event come from the entire length of the western seaboard.

Or there’s been the offer on eBay of 500g packs of Blackface wool from Scotland’s “semi-wild” Highland sheep for €4.74 (with twice that for postage).

My mother loved sheep for as far back as I can remember. A love, perhaps, t aken from an earlier chapter of her life when she lived on a farm, in Cloone, Co Leitrim.Though she left Ireland in ...