buying cattle in the west of ireland and bringing them to better ground

patsy_mccabe

I was on the Aran Islands once and couldn't see a sheep anywhere. I asked a taxi driver 'how come'. I thought it would be an ideal place for them with all the stone walls. He looked confused.:(

sonnybill

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

All scrub bulls in Aran, fella here buys a lot of cattle there and I often collected them in the docks in Galway for him. I wouldn't be struck on them either!

+1, good white or grey calf will do for the next year, bull in every second garden

sonnybill

Peter90 wrote: »

Based in South Galway, bought a heifer came cheap seen on card letterfrack, has turned inside out serious animal, another in that bunch from Aran Islands, great thriver, the old lads would always say buy cattle from poor land and will always do well

That's good cattle breeding area and prob 90% Ai as smaller herd size , match the cow to the bull rather than one size fits all, she'd turn on your ground alright in comparison , Clifden mart has serious quality on the big days, ma'am cross very good too and always more numbers and I find cheaper, huge trade on lambs

Who2

sonnybill wrote: »

That's good cattle breeding area and prob 90% Ai as smaller herd size , match the cow to the bull rather than one size fits all, she'd turn on your ground alright in comparison , Clifden mart has serious quality on the big days, ma'am cross very good too and always more numbers and I find cheaper, huge trade on lambs

I lived in letter frack too and a serious number of scrub bulls. Very little ai, out by ballyconneely alright there were good cattle but letter frack they were middling enough, mam cross I found to be full of thin agey miserable animals with horns two foot long, unless it's changed recently.

TITANIUM.

Bass Reeves wrote: »

If you want good cattle from an island get the one's off Dursey Island off Glengarriff. I reckon the best cattle in the country come from the Bera and Iveragh Peinsula in Kerry and the nearer the USA there they are the better they're

Dursey Island is off lambs head West of Castletown Bere. A good hours drive from Glengarriff. Your right though. It speaks for itself when you see lad's travelling from way up the country to buy cattle down this neck of the woods.

CloughCasey1

sonnybill wrote: »

+1, good white or grey calf will do for the next year, bull in every second garden

Have done a good bit of work on Inis Mor. There is one lad who AI's Purebred Parthanise see pics below. There is another lad who has/had two PB Limo bulls which he imported from Athenry. Bought two of his lmx and they came good for me. Terrible amount of rubbish on the island. The two lads im talking about bring in cows and the lad with the two Lim bulls keeps the heifers for the other bull.

Bullocks

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Have done a good bit of work on Inis Mor. There is one lad who AI's Purebred Parthanise see pics below. There is another lad who has/had two PB Limo bulls which he imported from Athenry. Bought two of his lmx and they came good for me. Terrible amount of rubbish on the island. The two lads im talking about bring in cows and the lad with the two Lim bulls keeps the heifers for the other bull.

I know the lad with the Parts , some advertisement for them really and truly , he keeps his stock in brilliant nick

sonnybill

Who2 wrote: »

I lived in letter frack too and a serious number of scrub bulls. Very little ai, out by ballyconneely alright there were good cattle but letter frack they were middling enough, mam cross I found to be full of thin agey miserable animals with horns two foot long, unless it's changed recently.

Id say the odd man in any area with a small amount of cows for handiness will have a good calf from the year before bought in for the job.

Yeah you are right Ballyconneely/Clifden/Claddaghduff and all round there is a great hotspot for good cattle and some great breed of cows in it. Were you out there many years ago ?

Sam Kade

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I was on the Aran Islands once and couldn't see a sheep anywhere. I asked a taxi driver 'how come'. I thought it would be an ideal place for them with all the stone walls. He looked confused.:(

The only time I was on the Aran islands was inis mor many years ago and sheep were the last thing on my mind The pub and young women more like We were also amazed that there were no trees there.

kk.man

Love the stories in the book 'Cattleman'.
.by Raymond Keogh...buying cattle in the west and grazing them in the east

cacs

Who2 wrote: »

I lived in letter frack too and a serious number of scrub bulls. Very little ai, out by ballyconneely alright there were good cattle but letter frack they were middling enough, mam cross I found to be full of thin agey miserable animals with horns two foot long, unless it's changed recently.

I agree scrubs everywhere very poor quality