Pure Friesian Herds Competition 2017

The results of the Irish Pure Friesian Herds Competition were announced with presentations made to the top three herds on the day. The results were as follows:

1st Micheal Spillane, Mountain 

2nd Peadar Healy, Firoda 

3rd Pat Cleary, Carrickshock 

4th Trevor Dudley, Kilsunny 

5th Michael Dempsey, Barrowvale 

6th Francis Fitzgerald, Gortfadda 

Highest EBI

Michael Dempsey, Barrowvale 134

 

 

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Martin Crowe, Chairman Irish Pure Friesian Club; Bill O’Keeffe, Pure Friesian Club; Joe Nolan, Farm Business Development Manager, Zurich Insurance (sponsor); Pat Cleary, Carrickshock herd, Co. Kilkenny (3rd), Peadar Healy, Firoda herd, Co. Kilkenny (2nd) and Micheal Spillane, Mountain herd, Co. Tipperary (1st) with IHFA President Kathleen Watson and Donal Carey, IHFA Field Officer, at the Pure Friesian Open Day on the Spillane family farm, Mountain herd, Tullamaine, Fethard, Co. Tipperary.
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Winner of the Pure Friesian Herds Competition, sponsored by Zurich, Michéal Spillane, Mountain Pure Friesians pictured with, l – r, Martin Crowe, Chairman Irish Pure Friesian Club, Breda Spillane (mother), Sandra Spillane (wife), Joe Nolan, Farm Business Development Manager, Zurich Insurance (sponsor), Jack Spillane (son) and Charles Gallagher CE IHFA, at the Pure Friesian Open Day on the Spillane family farm, Mountain herd, Tullamaine, Fethard, Co. Tipperary