It was evident to see the demand for the breed in the region by the record crowd that showed up on the night to view the stock on offer.

It was the Knockhill flock of John and Stephen Redmond who achieved the top two prices on the night. The highest price was for a Rhaeadr Entrepreneur daughter out of Proctors Chumba Wumba. This ewe also carried a four-star replacement and a five-star terminal rating. She is scanned in lamb to the £30,000 stg Drumcon His Highness. This ewe was met with spirited bidding and was the choice of new breeder John Tuke.

The new highest price came from the Knockhill flock with a ewe from the Knockhill Great Expectations line. She was a daughter of Uskvale Get Ready and the Teiglum ewe by Wydden Ding Dong, who also bred the best ewe lamb in Knockhill this year. She sold for €3,800 to Malachy McMeel and John Neville.

Next to hit the high prices was the Treemore flock of John and Neil Kidd with a daughter of their homebred ram Treemore Emmanuel, producing their top price of €3,700. This ewe was out of the best female line in the flock, which has bred rams to £15,000 stg. She is carrying twins to Hillcrest Goodfellas and was again the choice of John Tuke.

It was then back to the Knockhill pen for the next highest price with another daughter of his Teiglum ewe and by Rhaeadr Entrepreneur, making her a full sister to Great Expectations. She sold in lamb to Rathfeigh Henry, a double five-star ram. She was the pick of Brian Gallivan.

The next highest price was from Knockhill again, with €1,600 for a Hexel Fever Tree out of the Millinbank ewe, which was from the same line as the Blessington Champions.

Overall, it was a sale full of strong, fit, and functional ewes. This can be seen in the prices, with an overall clearance rate of 92% and an average price of €1,100 for shearling ewes and €1,125 for ewe lambs.

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This is due to the dedication of the members of the society breeding the type of sheep the market requires. We have rams going through our sales to highs of €20,000 and females to €4,500, but the real success is the number of crossbred sheep farmers investing in the Texel breed for their stock rams.

We also remember past members who we have lost over the last year and members who have lost loved ones.

I would now like to wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and successful lambing. I look forward to meeting you in the coming year at our shows and sales for another great year.

Warm Regards 

Willie Doherty

Chairman 

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It was a great day for the Texel breed in Blessington with the sale being held despite the storm Darragh! But the storm didn’t stop the demand for the Texel breed, with the top price coming from Donegal from the Shannagh Flock of Andrew & Richard Wilson.

Their leading price was for a 5-star Terminal and 4-star rated replacement ewe scanned carrying 2 lambs by AHB Fancy Pants (Fancy Pants sired lambs to 100,000gns at Lanark in 2023 and is also a double five-star ram). This ewe was sired by Harestone Eldorado and her dam was by Sportsmans Cannonball. She sold to Fintan Hackett for 4200gns.

The next highest price was Lot 51 from the Ryan Flocks. This naturally born and reared double 5-star ewe sold scanned carrying 2 lambs to Connemara Hennessy. She was sired by Kilduff Flash and her dam was sired by Hillcrest Yeovil. She sold to John Tuke.

The next highest at 2800gns was from the O’Keeffe Family, Lot 28, a 4-star Terminal rated ewe scanned carrying 1 lamb to Knockhill Hercules. She was sired by Garngour Flyhalf and her dam is by Midlock Dapper, who has sired numerous show winners for the O’Keeffe Family in recent years.

Next up was Lot 6, a shearling ewe from the Silverhill Flock of Neville & Aaron Myles, selling at 2000gns to David Barrett. She is a double 5-star ewe by Hexel Fan Club and her dam is by Mullan Armani. She sold scanned carrying 3 lambs to Glenside Guardsman.

Topping the ewe lamb trade was Lot 80 from Anthony Donnelly’s Flock, selling to Pat & Barry Farrell, Co. Meath. This March-born ewe lamb is sired by Claybury Dunkirk and her dam was Oberstown Gucci, who was Champion Female at the Blessington Premier in 2023. This lamb’s full brother was sold at the premier sale for €15,000.

There was exceptional demand throughout the sale for quality lots. This sale was another testament to the demand for Texels. There was 100% clearance in the shearling ewes, which averaged 1125gns, and 6 out of the 10 ewe lambs were forward.

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Young Handler Winner Dylan Joyce 

Charleville Show which was held on Sunday June 30th saw the return of the Growvite National Championships for the Irish Texel Society. 

With the fantastic facilities of Charleville showgrounds the show kicked off with a bang, first out of the traps was the aged ram class.

The winner of the class was Curley First Descent, which is no surprise that he also comes with five star terminal figures. He is also sire of the Novice 1st placed  ram lamb in both the nationals and the All Ireland from Feddans flock of Percy O’Callaghan. 

Curley First Descent

It was then onto aged ewe class with some exceptional ewes on display. Coming out on top this time was Paddy, Sean and Aoibhe Morrissey with a Hartside Assassin daughter.

1st Prized Aged Ewe  RWE 214639

The shearling  ram class was also claimed by the same winner as the All Ireland shearling ram class from Jimmy Garrivan with Cherryvale Gerrard, a son of Cherryvale Frankel. The class was packed with exceptional shearling rams with the high majority of them heading to the Society Premier sale on the 9^th and 10^th August in Blessington.

The shearling ewe was the next up and as usual it was one of the strongest classes on the day with the eventual Female Champion and Reserve coming from this class. Claiming first place was a Garngour  Fly Half and her mother being the  2022 Growvite National Champion, bred and exhibited by A and P O’Keeffe.  The 2^nd prize in the class was a Midlock Dapper daughter from the Murphy brothers of Frenchbrook Texels, this follows her winning first prize in the Nationals last year.

1st Shearling Ewe OKI 2306911 Female Champion and Reserve Overall 

2nd Prize and Reserve Female JPH 2303685 J & P Murphy

It was then on to the novice ram lamb, this was claimed by a relatively new breeder Percy O’Callaghan from Co. Waterford with a naturally born Curly First Decent  triplet son and out of a homebred Forge Gig Gun ewe. This was the second major win for this lamb and Percy having been place first in the All Ireland.

1st Novice Ram Lamb PCH 2400140 Percy O Callaghan

The next class was the Open Ram Lamb class which some believed was the strongest class of the day with the winner going on to claim the Overall Championship later in the day. The first prize came from the previously mentioned Murphy brothers with a son of their 2023 Blessington purchase Annakisha Golden Moment who also has the same mother of the reserve female champion. He also heads to the Premier Sale on August 9^th and 10^th. This class was filled with exceptional lambs that will also be heading to the sale which is set to be one of the best premier sales yet based on this.

Open Ram Lamb 1st JPH 2404043 J & P Murphy Male Champion and Overall Champion 

Taking the red rosette in the junior ram class was also Jarlath Joyce with a son a Claybury Dunkirk and out of last years Premier Sale Campion and record price ewe lamb PFI2302019. This shows the quality offered for sale at the premier. This lamb went on to be Reserve Male champion he also heads to the Premier Sale.

March Class 1St Prized Ram Lamb JJG 2401266 Jarlath Joyce and Reserve Male Champion

The ewe lamb class was claimed by Jimmy Garrivan with a daughter of the 2022 Premier Sale Champion Clara Fandango out of Coniston Equinox daughter.

1st Open Ewe Lamn  GBE 240319 Jimmy Garrivan

The Junior Ewe Lamb class was then claimed by the Murphy Brothers with another daughter of Midlock Dapper.

1st Jnr Ewe Lamb JPH 2404070 J&P Murphy

The Novice Ewe class was won by Malachy Hand with a daughter of Sportsmans Dare Devil and out of a ewe purchased at the 2023 Premier Sale RDF2201088.

1st Novice Ewe Lamb YMH 2407344 Malachy Hand

The judge on the day John Neville commented of the exceptional standard of stock on show which is testament to the hard work of the breeders and he is looking forward to seeing the lambs and hoggets in Blessington. He also noted how great it was to see so many of the winners produced out of purchases made from Blessington last year.

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The wet weather definitely didn’t dampen the spirits of the 2024 Growvite Texel All Ireland which was held at Dundalk Show. With 210 sheep catalogued it was always going to a strong contest for the overall spot on the day.

With sheep travelling from all over the country right across from Cork to Donegal it was destined to be one of the best All Irelands to date. The judge on the day was highly acclaimed Mark Priestley of the Seaforde flock from Co. Down. 

Judge Mark Priestly, Arron Myles Champion,

Barry Farrell Reserve and Mark O’Rrouke Sponsor Growvite 

The show kicked off to a flying start with an exceptional aged ram class. Coming out on top this time was Drumderg Fancy Pants, jointly owned by fellow North East region members Michael and Kenneth Bird, John Canty & Michael Donhoe. This ram not only holds an All Ireland title but also has double five stars.

Drumderg Fancy Pants

It was then on to the aged ewe class which was won for the second year in a row by the same ewe from father and son duo Arthur and Patrick O’Keeffe with a Midlock Dapper ewe, who was inturn the mother of the first prized ewe lamb which she has done for two years in row also.

First Prized Aged Ewe 

Shearing ram’s then came out in force with power to meet today’s commercial demand. The first prize this time came from Jimmy Garrivan with Cherryvale Gerrard a son of Cherryvale Frankel. 

Cherryvale Frankel

The highly contested shearling ewe class and the first and second placed later went on to be the female champion and reserve and ultimately the Supreme Champion and Reserve.   First prize this time came all the way from Donegal with Aaron & Neville Myles with a Hexel Fan Club who is a grandson of the Lawn ewe sold in Blessington 2017 and out of a home bred daughter of the 2020 Premier Sale Champion Greenhill Dance Monkey. This champion also has double five star in terminal and replacement indexes. 

2^nd prize in this class also went to another father and son duo Pat and Barry Farrell with a Full Sister to the Premier Sale Champion last year.  A daughter of Rheadr Entrepreneur and Proctors Chumba Wumba who also goes back to a renowned Chessy ewe. 

Reserve Female Champion and Reserve Overall 

It was then on to the novice ram lamb, this was claimed by new breeder Percy O’Callaghan from Waterford with a naturally born triplet,   a Curly First Decent  son and out of a homebred Forge Gig Gun ewe.

The open ram class was next with another highly contested class with the first place going to winner of 2023 Irish Senior Sire of the year Castlegar Edward. This Lamb is a full brother to last years premier sale topper the 13k Annaghdown Goldfinger. He went on later in the day to become male champion.

Male Champion from Brian Divilly Annaaghdown – Sells in Blessington August 2024

2^nd in the class was another Fan Club son, from Aaron  and Neville Myles this was out of the ewe they purchased in Blessington last year from the Annakisha flock for €1,400. This lamb later went on to be reserve male champion. This shows the value that can be got at the Premier Sale.

Reserve Male Champion 

The Junior Ram class was won by O’Keeffe’s with a son of Midlock Dapper who is also a full brother to the Male Champion in the National Championship’s last year, who sold for €3,000 in Blessington.

First Prized Jnr Ram Lamb 

Next was open ewe lamb class , this was history repeating itself with a full sister to last years first prize winner coming out tops with a Garngour Flyhalf and her mother being a first in the aged ewe class.

First Prized Ewe Lamb

The Junior ewe class was another repeat of history with brothers James and Patrick Murphy coming out tops with a Midlock Dapper ewe lamb which also had done the same last year at the nationals.

Jnr Ewe Lamb Winner from the Murphy Brothers 

Another strong class on the day was the novice ewe lamb class, coming out top this time was Cyril Keane. This sire sired by the novice winner from Blessington last year Umricam Goldstar. This ewe lamb heads to Blessington Premier in August .

First Prize Novice Ewe Lamb Sells in Blessington August 2024

The Gemma Doyle Memorial cup for the Young handler  was reclaimed by previous winner John Keane of the Grouse flock from Co.Limerick  

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Supreme Champion 2017:

UVI1701309 by  Tophill Wallstreet. John Neville Co. Wexford

Reserve Supreme Champion 2017

DII1701294 by Knock Yazoo. Anthony Donnelly Co. Mayo

Male Champion

UVI1701309 by  Tophill Wallstreet. John Neville Co. Wexford

Reserve Male Champion

FSE1701050 by Stainton Vantage II . Fergal O’Se, Co. Kerry

Female Champion

DII1701294 by Knock Yazoo. Anthony Donnelly Co. Mayo

Reserve Female Champion

LDE1700407 by Knap You’re the Man. Liam Dillon New Ross Co. Wexford

Junior Stockperson 2017

David Craig Clonard Co. Meath

Aged Ram:

GAI 15055 Enniscrone Warrior by Milnbank Valdaron Martin Walsh, Swinford Co.Mayo
PNE15065 Nilands White Knight by Knock Ursus Gerard Niland, Kinvara Co. Galway
ZNE15013 Treemore Will by Baltier Panther John & Neil Kidd Kildavin Co. Wexford
PXI15004 Foundry Wisconson by Foundry Volvo Anne Murphy, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Aged Ewe:

CJN1302236 by Strathbogie Smokey Blue Ronan Gallagher Enniscrone Co. Sligo
QTI13019 by Massavilla Trooper Martin Walsh Co.Mayo
ALL1400954 by Ballydesland Usher John & Neil Kidd Kildavin Co. Wexford
GRS1401456 by Bradleys Underworld Robert Walker, Croom Co. Limerick
CJT1500955 by Mossvale Vissa                  Robert Walker, Croom Co. Limerick
BHF14010 by Ettrick Rainbow Warrior Brendan & Patrick Hanley, Edgeworthstown Co. Longford

Shearling Ram

PXI16026 Foundry Yahoo by Corbo Val Verde. Anne Murphy Co. Wexford
GAI16022 Enniscone Yavin by Shannagh Won-O-Won. Liam Dillon Co.Wexford
DEE16038 Derrylahan You’re the Man by Knock Trident. Fergal O’Sé Tralee Co. Kerry
EBF16003 Ballyclough Yves by Springbridge Wonder. Brian Kidd, Enniscorthy Co. Wexford
ZNE16023 Treemore Yaron by Llangwn Vesuvius John & Neil Kidd Kildavin Co. Wexford
YGI16001 String Yamaha by Millars Outstanding Mary Gallagher Glanworth Co. Cork

Shearling Ewe

DII16023 by Knock Ursus. Anthony Donnelly Claremorris Co. Mayo
OKI16010 by Knock Trident. A& P O’Keeffe Mallow Co. Cork
FRI16051 by Duncryne Uber Cool. Flor Ryan Prosperous Co. Kildare
GBE16001 by Shannagh Won-O-Won. Jimmy Garrivan, Westport Co. Mayo
PNE16060 by Knock Ursus. Gerard Niland Kinvara Co. Galway
DEE16037 by Knock Trident. D&E McManamon Newport Co. Mayo

Senior Ram Lamb Class

UVI1701309 by Tophill Wallstreet. John Neville Co. Wexford
FSE1701050 by Stainton Vantage II . Fergal O’Se, Co. Kerry
UVI1701319 by Knap You’re the Man

Junior Ram Lamb

DEE1705544 by Knock Yazoo. D&E McManamon Co. Mayo
DKF1702141 by Shannagh Won-O-Won. David Keane Co. Mayo
DKF1702140 by Tophill Union Jack. David Keane Co. Mayo
GAI1701712 by Tophill Union Jack. Ronan Gallagher Co. Sligo
GBE1701956 by Derrylahan Werewolf. Jimmy Garrivan Co. Mayo
JEE1700842 by Knaper Yes Sir. J & Ml Donohoe Co. Cavan

Senior Ewe Lamb

DII1701294 by Knock Yazoo. Anthony Donnelly Co. Mayo
LDE1700407 by Knap You’re the Man. Liam Dillon New Ross Co. Wexford
GBE1701928 by Tophilll Union Jack. Jimmy Garrivan Co. Mayo
DEE1705533 by Garngour Vintage. D&E McManamon Co. Mayo
BHF1701307 by Knock Yazoo. B&P Hanley Co. Longford
UVI1701315 by Knap You’re the Man. John Neville Co. Wexford

Junior Ewe Lamb

DII1701306 by Knock Yazoo. Anthony Donnelly Co. Mayo
DEE1705546 by Knock Yazoo. D&E McManamon Co. Mayo
UVI1701300 by Millars Windbrook. John Neville Co. Wexford

Novice Ram Lamb

TWF1701762 by Thornville Winner. Tom Whelan Co. Wexford
MWF1702277 by Tophill Union Jack. Martin Walsh Co. Mayo
BWF1705618 by Thornville Yolo. Pa Whyte Co. Waterford
AIE1701339 by Kelso Ultra. Shane Keane Co. Mayo
NMF1701339 by Strathbogie Wizard. John McGloin Co. Roscommon
HVF1708873 by Tullylagan Yukon Gold. David Sandall Co. Kildare

Novice Ewe Lamb

ZEI1701727 by Tophill Wallstreet. Sean McGee Co. Cavan
CQE1700077 by MDI14075. Darragh Cunniffe Co. Galway
ZNE1707202 by Llangum Vesuvius. John Kidd Co. Wexford
TWF1701771 by Springbridge Victory. Tom Whelan Co. Wexford
BFF1700083 by Tullylagan Yukon Gold. Lisa Breaden Co. Monaghan
MWF170221 by Shannagh Won-O-Won. Martin Walsh Co. Mayo

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PRIZE WINNERS

Aged Ram

Aged Ewe

Shearling Ram

Shearling Ewe

Senior (Open) Ram Lamb

Junior Ram Lamb

Senior Ewe Lamb

Junior Ewe Lamb

Novice Ram Lamb

Novice Ewe Lamb

Junior Stockperson 2016

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PRIZE WINNERS

Aged Ram

Aged Ewe

Shearling Ram

Shearling Ewe

Ram Lamb

Ewe Lamb

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