Author name: Barbara Jay-Downey

Barbara Jay-Downey

Top price of €6,300 at the Elite Heifer Sale

Dereskit Too Nice Last Saturdays Elite Charolais Heifer Sale in Carrick-on-Shannon saw a top price of €6,300 offered for Dereskit Too Nice.  Exhibited by Basil Bothwell from Co. Cavan, she was sired by the Society’s bull Horace JD and out of  home-bred dam Dereskit Nadine by Anside Foreman.  She sold to another Society member, Shannondore Farms […]

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Charolais at 60

The History of how Charolais came to Ireland  (1964 – 1973) A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT As we celebrate “Charolais at 60”, it’s hard to believe that it’s been 60 years since the first Charolais were introduced into Ireland.  The breed has grown rapidly over that time, where Charolais fast became the No. 1 beef

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