The FBD Five-Star Ram Lamb LambPlus Classes were a unique opportunity for farmers to see the best genetics from each breed going head-to-head.
The Classes took place at Sheep 2025, Teagasc, Athenry on Saturday, June 21st. Sheep Ireland would like to congratulate all 50 breeders who entered the classes and competed with some of their best ram lambs, showing a sample of the best Irish sheep genetics.
There were two Ram Lamb Classes, a Replacement Class, and a Terminal Class. All the Rams competing are Five-Stars on the relevant Index and from a flock with a DQI of 60% or greater.
Criteria:
- Replacement Class: the best physical attributes desired in breeding female replacements.
- Terminal Class: the best carcass characteristics.
- Being ranked in the Top 20% of the breed based on genetic analysis.
FBD kindly sponsored each class with a Prize Pot of €1,000 each. First Prize for each class was €400, with prizes to 6th place.
Replacement Class
Jaynell Anderson (Sheep Ireland Manager), Mary Flannery (FBD Athenry branch Manager),
Anne Murphy (Murphys Flock, winner), and Noel Grealish (Minister of State at the DAFM)
1st Michael & Aidan Murphy PXE2504066
2nd Gerard Mangan GXH2503520
3rd Zachary Silke A072500755
4th Sandra Kane & Noel Purcell IBD2500125
5th Ciaran Coghlan CCN25022
6th Gregory Rossiter 5502502060
(click on each ram to access their information)
Terminal Class
Jaynell Anderson (Sheep Ireland Manager), Noel Grealish (Minister of State at the DAFM),
Andrew Gilmore (Redrock Flock, winner) , and Mary Flannery (FBD Athenry branch Manager).
1st Andrew Gilmore F1625010
2nd Eugene & Malachy Hand YMH2507395
3rd Ciara & Patrick Corcoran GRH2501386
4th Gillian Harte L7225001
5th Eamonn Duffy C462503984
6th Liam Conway J8825009
(click on each ram to access their information)
The Judge assigned for selecting the winners was John Donohoe from Co. Kilkenny. John breeds Texels and Charollais at his farm in Cuffesgrange.