Cheviot sheep: a breed apart. ... 'I could not tell you how long the breed has been in Ireland,' said association chairman John Malone from Roundwood as he surveyed the scene in Carnew.

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.

A report by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Fingal County Council identifies 20 native breeds of horse, cow, sheep, pig and fowl of immediate conservation concern.

Many farmers are familiar with Sheep Ireland and the €uro-Star indexes, but many struggle to interpret the stars, percentages ...

Sheep farming is one of the most important areas of Welsh agriculture, contributing around £230 million to the overall UK economy annually, and native Welsh sheep breeds are an invaluable and ...

Work is underway on a revolutionary breeding programme which would dramatically reduce Irish agriculture’s carbon footprint. The aim of the project is to breed cattle and sheep which produce ...

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 ...

Almost 900 sheep graced the competition rings at this year’s Castlewellan Show with tremendous weather and crowds adding to ...

Sheep farmers face some of the lowest incomes in Northern Irish agriculture, with the UFU criticising the expectation that they should continue to wait. The majority of sheep in Northern Ireland are ...

The Northern Ireland sheep farming community converged on Dungiven for the highly anticipated NSA Sheep Northern Ireland event on Tuesday (July 1st 2025).