Our National Charolais Show

will take place on

Sunday 10^th August

at the FBD National Livestock Show in Tullamore.

Over €16,000 worth of prize money on offer

All entries must be made DIRECT TO TULLAMORE SHOW

For an entry form contact: The Secretary, Tullamore Show Office, Church Street, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.  Tel: 057 935 2141 or apply online at www.tullamoreshow.com

Closing dates for post entries is 1st July and Online entries is 4th July.

Click here for class information -National Charolais Show 2025 Class info

For overnight cattle accommodation, please contact the Charolais Office - This is allocated on a first come first served basis.

In what was a small sale, with a good number of bulls entered selling prior to the sale last Saturday, the top price of the show went to the Show Champion Kiltananlae Val 6301 (et) , who achieved €6,800 on the day.  The average price of the sale was €4,770, up €840 from the same sale the previous year and 12 animals sold for €5,000 and over.  The clearance rate for the sale was 80%.

Senior Champion - Kiltananlae Val 6301 (et)

The Champion of the Show when to Co. Tipperary breeder Noel Galvin for his January 2024 born bull Kiltananlae Val 6301 (et).  Bred by the Society bull Magicien and out of Ashleigh Cherub(et) with Himalaya, Doonally New, Hermes and Jupiter in the back pedigree.  He carried 1 copy of the Q204X gene and sold to a farmer in Taughmaconnell, Co. Roscommon who also purchased Noel's second entry in the sale Kiltananlae Victor 6310 (et).  Victor was also bred by a Society bull, Ocelo and was out of Ashleigh Heidi, with Major, Mogador, Pinay, Diamant and Bova Sylvain in the back pedigree.  He was born in January 2024 and sold for €4,000.

4 lots sold for €6,000; 

The first was Rooskeynamona Volt who was judged the Junior Champion of the show by our judges George Nelson and his daughter Erin.  Bred by Gerry Mulligan from Mohill in Co. Leitrim, Volt was born in March 2024 and sired by the UK bull Myerscough Phantom and out of their home bred dam Rooskeynamona Rosemary (et).  He was a single carrier for the F94L gene and sold to a farmer in Ballynacarghy in Co. Westmeath.

Junior Champion - Rooskeynamona Volt

The next lot to sell for €6,000 was Currycramp V Phantom.  Also sired by Myserscough Phantom and out of their home bred dam Currycramp Natalie he was judged the Reserve Junior Champion of the show.  Bred by Thomas Mulligan from Dromod in Co. Leitrim, he was born in April 2024 and carried one copy of the F94L gene.  He found his new home in Portlaoise in Co. Laois.

Reserve Junior Champion - Currycramp V Phantom

Mullingar breeder Kathleen Kenny received €6,000 each for her two entries in the sale; Her first entry Laraghcastle Victor (et) was sired by Major and out of their home bred dam Laraghcastle Nelly, with Lisnagre Elite as his maternal grand-sire.  He was a single carrier of both the F94L and Q204X gene and sold to a farmer from Roscrea in Co. Tipperary.

Kathleen's second entry was Laraghcastle Vincent (et).  Born in April 2024, he was sired by Goldstar Othello and out of the same dam as Laraghcastle Victor.  Vincent found his new home in Rathdowney, Co. Laois.

Laraghcastle Victor (et)

Laraghcastle Vincent (et)

€5,800 was paid for the Reserve Senior Champion of the show Dereskit Viking 1205.  Bred by Basil Bothwell from Killeshandra, Co. Cavan, he was born in February 2024 and sired by Dereskit Prince out of their home bred dam Dereskit J-Girl 776.  He carried 1 copy of the Q204X gene and sold to a farmer in Loughrea, Co. Galway.

Reserve Junior Champion - Dereskit Viking

Two lots sold with the price tag of €5,200.

First up was Whitepark Usaine, owned by Kieran Hillary from Loughrea, Co. Galway.  Sired by Harestone Hercules and out of a home bred dam, with Inverlochy Gurkha and Balmyle Bollinger and Lyonsdemsne Tzar in his back pedigree.  He carried two copies of the F94L gene and sold to a farmer in Co. Galway.

Whitepark Usaine

The second €5,200 went to Danny Weston from Portlaoise, Co. Laois for his bull Sliabhbloom Val.  Born February 2024, he carried one copy of the F94L gene.  He was sired by Lapon and out of their dam bred dam Sliabhbloom Poppy with Malicieux as his maternal grand-sire.  He found his new home in Bray, Co. Wicklow.

Sliabhbloom Val

Four lots sold for €5,000.

The first €5,000went to Rooskeynamona Valentino, bred by Gerry Mulligan from Mohill in Co. Leitrim.  Born in February 2024, he was a single carrier of the F94L gene and sired by his stock bull Rooskeynamona Theodore, who has Sportsman Neptune, Barnsfort Ferny and Pirate in his back pedigree and his home bred dam was sired by Knockmoyle10 Loki (et).  He found his new home in Claremorris, Co. Mayo.

Next to receive the €5,000 price tag was Kenneth Clark from Ardnacrusha, Co. Clare for his bull Ballyfinnane Vance.  Vance carried one copy of the F94L gene and was sired by Corbaun Rory, and out of a home bred dam Ballyfinnane Paula.  He had Blelack Digger, Balthayock Adonal, Clyth Diplomat, Cavelands Fenian, Naoille and Goldstar Echo all in his back pedigree.  He sold to a farmer from Ardrahan in Co. Galway.

Dereskit Vagas 1211 was the next bull up.  He was bred by Basil Bothwell from Killeshandra, Co. Cavan.  Born in April 2024 he was sired by Cavelands Fenian and out of their home bred dam Dereskit Rita 1035.  He found his new home in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon.

The last lot to reach €5,000 was Gallaway Vernon.  Born in May 2024, he was bred by Michael Kiernan from Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim.  Sired by Rosanna Olmeta and out of Rosanna Juniper.  He sold to a farmer in Kilysart in Co. Clare.

Other leading prices:

€4,800 for Carrowbeg Vince.  Sired by Infidele and bred by Kevin Graham from Co. Roscommon.

€4,600 for Ballinroey Ultimate (et).  Sired by Major and bred by Michael Hanlon from Co. Longford.

€4,400 for GrandwoodUgo (et).  Sired by Goldies Icon and bred by Jerry & Kay O'Keeffe from Co. Limerick.

€4,400 for Gallaway Vladamir.  Sired by Rosanna Olmetta and bred by Michael Kiernan from Co. Leitrim.

€4,200 for Corney Voltage.  Sired by Noble Prince and bred by David Magee from Co. Cavan.

€4,000 for Clonaltra Ultan.  Sired by Prime Robert and bred by Terry Bradley from Co. Westmeath.

€4,000 for Monagh Viceroy.  Sired by Grangwood Royal Oak (et) and bred by Nigel Peavoy from Co. Laois.

In what was a fitting tribute to a great Charolais breeder, the Prime Dispersal sale, owned by the late Benny Keating from Templemore, achieved 100% clearance rate and a top price of €8,800 for Prime Tamara (et).  Sired by Newhouse Bigal and out of Prime Rebecca (et), Tamara was Benny's own elite choice for the herd and she sold to a fellow Charolais member from Co. Roscommon.

The next top selling female was Prime Selma (et) who achieved €7,800.  This in-calf female was sired by Heracles and out of Prime Lucy (et).  She also sold to a fellow Charolais member from Co. Laois.

It was a sad day for the Keating family, with both of Benny's son's, Geoff and Garrett attending the sale on the day .  They had great help from Benny's two right-hand men, Declan Bourke and Connie Lynch and the family would like to express their thanks and gratitude to all who turned up on the day and they hope that your new purchase will be as lucky for you and bring as much joy as they did to Benny.

They'd also like to thank all Benny's Charolais friends over the years.  He had a great love of Charolais cattle, his PRIME herd was his absolute pride and joy and he made many many friends through the breed over the years.

Thanks to all exhibitors and purchasers and to our two judges George Nelson and his daughter Erin from Co. Fermanagh, who both did an excellent job.

Our next event is our

National Charolais Show

which will take place on

Sunday 10th August

at the National Livestock Show in Tullamore.