Ploughing in Cork
Liam Day ploughing stubble ahead of setting fodder beet in Whitegate, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary
Liam Day ploughing stubble ahead of setting fodder beet in Whitegate, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary
Family farming in Meath
\ Claire Nash
Frank Crinion gets help feeding calves from his twin daughters Niamh and Róisín in Thurstianstown, Co Meath. \Claire Nash
Crinion Family Farm. \Claire Nash
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Sandy soil by the sea
Dairy farmer John Lynch checks on some of his herd wintering on sandy soil by the sea. \ Philip Doyle
John milks 50 cows and has a flock of sheep. \ Philip Doyle
Ploughing ahead of planting spring barley in Kildare
Ken Briehwait ploughing ahead of sowing spring barley in Hacklow, Co Kildare. \ Claire Nash
Ken Briehwait ploughing ahead of sowing spring barley in Hacklow, Co Kildare. \ Claire Nash
Sheep farmers in the Cooley Peninsula
\ Claire Nash
Cooley sheep farmer John Wehrly. \ Claire Nash
\ Claire Nash
Cooley sheep farmer John Wehrly, pictured with his flock on the 20-year anniversary of the Foot and Mouth outbreak. It has taken a long time to rebuild stock, but now local farmers have a big sale as a result of the group they formed during the outbreak. \ Claire Nash
Cooley sheep farmer John Wehrly with his texal lamb. \Claire Nash
Harry Marron with his flock on the Cooley peninsula in Co Louth. The farmers in Cooley set up the Cooley Breeders Association after the cull of 200,1 to resock the penisula with quality hill sheep. They now run a well attended yearly sale. \ Claire Nash
Cooley sheep farmer Harry Marron, pictured with his flock on the anniversary of the 20 year anniversary of the Foot and Mouth outbreak. \ Claire Nash
Spring lambs
One of Teahan’s Kerry Hill ewes recently gave birth to a set of sextuplet lambs. \ Barry Cronin
The Leaving Cert student found the ewe with five lambs on his 11am break from school, with the sixth lamb delivered on his lunch break.
Teahan attributes the rare phenomenon to his Blue Texel ram, which has also fathered six sets of triplets this season.
Timmy Teahan from Longwood, Co Meath, with one of his newborn lambs. \ Barry Cronin
Read more
This week in photos: farmland flooded, calving and grading potatoes
This week in photos: spreading, spraying, scanning and sowing
This week in photos: calving prep and scanning sheep ahead of spring
Ploughing in Cork
Liam Day ploughing stubble ahead of setting fodder beet in Whitegate, Co Cork. \ Donal O'Leary
Liam Day ploughing stubble ahead of setting fodder beet in Whitegate, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary
Family farming in Meath
\ Claire Nash
Frank Crinion gets help feeding calves from his twin daughters Niamh and Róisín in Thurstianstown, Co Meath. \Claire Nash
Crinion Family Farm. \Claire Nash
Sit back, relax and watch a slideshow of our favourite photos from this week:
Sandy soil by the sea
Dairy farmer John Lynch checks on some of his herd wintering on sandy soil by the sea. \ Philip Doyle
John milks 50 cows and has a flock of sheep. \ Philip Doyle
Ploughing ahead of planting spring barley in Kildare
Ken Briehwait ploughing ahead of sowing spring barley in Hacklow, Co Kildare. \ Claire Nash
Ken Briehwait ploughing ahead of sowing spring barley in Hacklow, Co Kildare. \ Claire Nash
Sheep farmers in the Cooley Peninsula
\ Claire Nash
Cooley sheep farmer John Wehrly. \ Claire Nash
\ Claire Nash
Cooley sheep farmer John Wehrly, pictured with his flock on the 20-year anniversary of the Foot and Mouth outbreak. It has taken a long time to rebuild stock, but now local farmers have a big sale as a result of the group they formed during the outbreak. \ Claire Nash
Cooley sheep farmer John Wehrly with his texal lamb. \Claire Nash
Harry Marron with his flock on the Cooley peninsula in Co Louth. The farmers in Cooley set up the Cooley Breeders Association after the cull of 200,1 to resock the penisula with quality hill sheep. They now run a well attended yearly sale. \ Claire Nash
Cooley sheep farmer Harry Marron, pictured with his flock on the anniversary of the 20 year anniversary of the Foot and Mouth outbreak. \ Claire Nash
Spring lambs
One of Teahan’s Kerry Hill ewes recently gave birth to a set of sextuplet lambs. \ Barry Cronin
The Leaving Cert student found the ewe with five lambs on his 11am break from school, with the sixth lamb delivered on his lunch break.
Teahan attributes the rare phenomenon to his Blue Texel ram, which has also fathered six sets of triplets this season.
Timmy Teahan from Longwood, Co Meath, with one of his newborn lambs. \ Barry Cronin
Read more
This week in photos: farmland flooded, calving and grading potatoes
This week in photos: spreading, spraying, scanning and sowing
This week in photos: calving prep and scanning sheep ahead of spring
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