Southern Ireland Zwartbles Association 2014 AGM

Southern Ireland Zwartbles Association 2014 AGM

Please mark your diary for Saturday 6th December 2014 At The Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore at 6pm for the ZSA Southern Ireland Zwartbles Sheep Association AGM. Please support our local group and we welcome new members and fresh ideas. I look forward to seeing you...
Zwartbles All Ireland Flock Competition

Zwartbles All Ireland Flock Competition

The All Ireland Flock competition is taking place right now, a judge from Wales John Rowlands and driver Judy Maxwell are going all over Ireland looking and judging flocks both North and South of the border. I think this is a wonderful competition as it is the only...
Ploughing 2013 & Tweeting Farmers

Ploughing 2013 & Tweeting Farmers

This year I was due to meet up with some of the tweeting farmers at the annual National Ploughing Championships in County Laois. I arrived early about 8 am finding the parking area was shrouded in a thick mist. I stopped by a large picnic area which was quite empty at...
Zwartbles Auction at the Ballymena mart in 2013

Zwartbles Auction at the Ballymena mart in 2013

Here is a photographic essay of my day at the Ballymena mart. For those of you who have never been to a special sheep breed auction you might find this interesting. To my farming shepherd friends I hope you just enjoy seeing what you know oh so very well. The day...

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