Sired by the 40,000gns Garngour Alabama he is out of a Recess bred ewe that stood champion in Roscommon in 2019. This January 2021 born ram secured first place in the novice class before placing as reserve male. McHugh awarded the reserve male championship to Annaghdown Edoardo from Brian Divilly, Co Galway. It must be noted however that due to Covid procedures in place each exhibitor was only allowed present one entry per class, so the sale topper secured by McHugh was never presented on show day. The young Kilcurley ram was tapped out by judge Michael McHugh who coincidently secured Walkers joint sale topper. Hitting the market at €4,600 he was the pick of Kilkenny breeder Paddy Morrissey. This end of January born ram is a son of Harestone Commander is out of a Foreman Hill ewe by Foreman Hill Action Man. This again topped an incredible weekend for Mr Walker who the previous day took the male and supreme championship with Kilcurley Evann.
Four stars on the replacement index and five stars on the terminal he was secured by the McHugh family. His young ram, Kilcurley Ed, is sired by Stainton Coca Cola and out of a homebred Carbo Wagon Wheel bred dam. This topped an exceptional day’s trading for the O’Keeffe pair who sold five rams for an average of over €5,000!įellow South East breeder Robert Walker from Co Limerick was the second to hit the sale topping price. A second prize-winner to the overall champion the five-star ram was knocked down to the Blue Gate flock in Northern Ireland. The February born ram is a son of Hexel Born To Be Wild and out of a Hope Valley bred ewe. First at the money was a ram lamb from the Annakisha flock of Arthur and Patrick O’Keeffe, Mallow, Co Cork. Helping to boost this average was two rams which hit the market at €10,000 each. Overall, 80% of the over 200 ram lambs on offer sold for an average of €1,527, up from €973 in 2020. Such was the demand for quality young rams, average rose by over 50% on the year. This resulted in a massive 16 rams selling for €3,000 or more on the day. While a strong commercial trade kept the sale going, pedigree Irish breeders investing in the best added a further dimension to the sale. The society took the brave move this by increasing the number of rams on offer was met with a very strong commercial trade throughout with the last of the 270 rams on offer still hitting four figure prices. On the 45 th Year of the Irish Texel Sheep Society it was truly a year to remember, with record averages and prices in all sections! This was the first year the event was sponsored by Growvite! Just like the lambs when they get growvite the averages of the sale grew this year!
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