Those who turned up to last Saturday’s elite Irish Angus show and sale in Carrick-on-Shannon were clearly intent on buying, with some exceptional prices paid for bulls and heifers. Buyers came from as far as Cork and Waterford, with a notable contingent present from Northern Ireland resulting in an extremely buoyant trade and a tremendous turnout, despite the snow in the morning.
Bulls started at €2,000 and sold to a top of €6,400 for the Friarstown Ideal Pete son Laheens Larry 399, bred by Cathal Duignan, Laheen House, Eslin Bridge, Carrick-on-Shannon. The clearance for bulls at 70% was well up on last year (50% at the same sale) with an average price of €3,500 recorded (up from €3,400).
However, it was the female ring that took the top price of the sale at €6,500 for breeders Michael and Oliver Flanagan, Moydrum, Athlone, Co Westmeath, with their female champion Moydrum Lu Lu.
A buoyant demand for heifers saw a significant lift in the average to €3,100 (up from €2,600 last year) and an 80% clearance (up from 60%). Overall, 13 lots went north.
In the ring, the judge John Appelbe, Carrigroe, Clonakilty, Co Cork, tapped forward Drumcrow Laporto as the supreme male champion. Bred by Frank McKiernan, Lacken Lower, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, he is a July 2014 son of Drumcrow Joker and sold for €5,700 to John O’Sullivan, Jamestown, Castletown-
Geoghegan, Co Westmeath.
Meanwhile, it proved a hugely successful day for Cathal Duignan, Laheen House, Eslin Bridge, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, when he not only took home the top bull price of €6,400 but also the reserve male title. The sale topper at €6,400, Laheens Larry 399, a Friarstown Ideal Pete son, was bought by a farmer from Northern Ireland, while Cathal’s reserve male champion Laheens Dan P404, a November 2014 son of Bunlahy John G, sold for €4,300 to FJ Hamill, Downpatrick, Co Down.
Other top bull prices:
€6,100 for the Red Angus Newstar Red Lawerence, a Rawburn Edge son bred by Sean Kilkenny, Newtown, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, and sold to Wayne Acheson, Omagh, Co Tyrone. €5,900 for Beechill Leo, bred by Zara Dunne, Belturbet, Co Cavan, and bought by Ronnie McIlroy, Coleraine, Co Derry. This bull was sired by Coneyisland Legend.€5,500 for Steil Larry 269 by The Moss Kriss, bred by Cathal & JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by Padraic Cahill, Oranmore, Co Galway. €5,100 for Steil Leo 275, a Nightingale EL Paso son, bred by Cathal & JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by James Mallon, Swartagh, Co Derry. €4,600 for Clooncarne Lord Hardy, bred by Thomas Mulligan, Currycramp, Dromod, Co Leitrim, and bought by Richard Thompson, Coleraine, Co Derry. He is sired by Clooncarne Frank.€4,600 for Currycramp Lad, bred by Gerard Mulligan, Currycramp, Dromod, Co Leitrim, and bought by Thomas Rushe, Ballinagare, Castlerea, Co Roscommon. The bull is sired by Clooncarne Frank.€4,500 for Mercury Lord Jet, by Friarstown Paddy Pershore, bred by Shane and John Murphy, Woodlands, Banteer, Mallow, Co Cork, and bought by Peter Hynes, Kilteely, Co Limerick. €4,400 for Currycramp Lukas bred by Gerard Mulligan, Currycramp, Dromod, Co Leitrim. The buyer was Christopher Lee, Kilnacross, Co Cavan.€4,100 for Steil Leslie 270, bred by Cathal and JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by Tadgh Cronin, Lombardstown, Mallow, Co Cork. This bull was sired by The Moss Kriss.€4,000 for Duibhgiolla Luigi bred by Dara Diffley and Nigel Cox, Clooncolligan, Bornacoola, Co Leitrim, and bought by Dovea Genetics, Thurles, Co Tipperary. The sire was Clooncolligan Joe Joe.€4,000 for Ballykeevican Leonardo, a son of Kingsbrook Emperor, bred by Jonathan Maye, Ballykeevican, Boyle, Co Roscommon, and bought by Justin Hannery, Peterswell, Co Galway. €3,700 for Dillon Legend, a Carrigroe Hulk son, bred by John and Cathy Farrell, Mountdillon, Curraghroe, Co Roscommon, and bought by Michael Nevin, Newport, Co Mayo. €3,350 for Dillon Loyal, also by Carrigrow Hulk, bred by John and Cathy Farrell, Mountdillon, Curraghroe, Co Roscommon, sold to William Carroll, Roscrea, Co Tipperary. €3,200 for the Clonbroney Waltr son Drumcarbin Larry P195, bred by Shane McKiernan, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, and sold to Sam Milliken, Coleraine, Co Derry. €3,200 for Aughnamona Lear, a Drumcarbin Perfection L145 son, bred by Geraldine Shanley and Donal Spring, Bornacoola, Co Leitrim, and bought by Michael Veale, Lemybrien, Co Waterford. €3,100 for the Early Sunset Hightime son, Towra Louis, bred by Jim Dockery, Towra, Shinrone, Co Offaly, and sold to Aidan Hynes, Mounthrath, Co Laois. €3,000 for Caltun Larry, by Cornamuckla Lord Hardy, bred by Maria Calvey, Westport, Co Mayo, and bought by Ronnie McIlroy, Coleraine, Co Derry. Females
It was the female ring that produced the top price of the sale at €6,500 for breeders Michael and Oliver Flanagan, Moydrum, Athlone, Co Westmeath, with their supreme female champion, Moydrum Lu Lu. Born September 2014, this stylish heifer is a daughter of Ballyshannon Eric and, after a competitive round of bidding, was knocked down to Lisa Smith, Cahirmee, Doneraile, Co Cork for €6,500.
In reserve was the Friarstown Ideal Pete daughter Lecarrow Laura, bred by Patrick Murphy, Puntabeg, Charlestown, Co Mayo, and selling to Keith Vickery, Rosscarbery, Co Cork, for €4,000.
Other top female prices:
€4,600 for Kilkelly Lark, a Luddenmore Fionn daughter, bred by W J O’Grady, Kilkelly Co Mayo, and bought by Keith Vickery, Rosscarbery, Co Cork. €4,100 for Steil Winnie 273, a The Moss Kriss daughter, bred by Cathal and JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by R and N Dockery, Strokestown, Co Roscommon. €3,650 for Brideswell Leanne, bred by Patrick Harrison, Brideswell, Athlone, Co Westmeath, selling to Michael Veale, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford.€3,550 for Kilkelly Lilly, a Kilkelly Jaguar daughter, bred by WJ O’Grady, Kilkelly, Co Mayo, and selling to Keith Vickery, Rosscarbery, Co Cork. €3,300 for Brideswell Karina, a daughter of Ballyshannon Eric, bred by Patrick Harrison, Brideswell, Athlone, Co Westmeath, and sold to Michael Veale, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford. €3,200 for Steil M Ella 289 bred by Cathal and JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by Damien Tiernan, Hillstreet, Co Roscommon. Her sire was The Moss Kriss.€3,100 for Gallaway Lucy bred by Pauline McKiernan, Carrigallen, Co Leitrim, and selling to PJ Kenny, Edgeworthstown, Co Longford.
Those who turned up to last Saturday’s elite Irish Angus show and sale in Carrick-on-Shannon were clearly intent on buying, with some exceptional prices paid for bulls and heifers. Buyers came from as far as Cork and Waterford, with a notable contingent present from Northern Ireland resulting in an extremely buoyant trade and a tremendous turnout, despite the snow in the morning.
Bulls started at €2,000 and sold to a top of €6,400 for the Friarstown Ideal Pete son Laheens Larry 399, bred by Cathal Duignan, Laheen House, Eslin Bridge, Carrick-on-Shannon. The clearance for bulls at 70% was well up on last year (50% at the same sale) with an average price of €3,500 recorded (up from €3,400).
However, it was the female ring that took the top price of the sale at €6,500 for breeders Michael and Oliver Flanagan, Moydrum, Athlone, Co Westmeath, with their female champion Moydrum Lu Lu.
A buoyant demand for heifers saw a significant lift in the average to €3,100 (up from €2,600 last year) and an 80% clearance (up from 60%). Overall, 13 lots went north.
In the ring, the judge John Appelbe, Carrigroe, Clonakilty, Co Cork, tapped forward Drumcrow Laporto as the supreme male champion. Bred by Frank McKiernan, Lacken Lower, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, he is a July 2014 son of Drumcrow Joker and sold for €5,700 to John O’Sullivan, Jamestown, Castletown-
Geoghegan, Co Westmeath.
Meanwhile, it proved a hugely successful day for Cathal Duignan, Laheen House, Eslin Bridge, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, when he not only took home the top bull price of €6,400 but also the reserve male title. The sale topper at €6,400, Laheens Larry 399, a Friarstown Ideal Pete son, was bought by a farmer from Northern Ireland, while Cathal’s reserve male champion Laheens Dan P404, a November 2014 son of Bunlahy John G, sold for €4,300 to FJ Hamill, Downpatrick, Co Down.
Other top bull prices:
€6,100 for the Red Angus Newstar Red Lawerence, a Rawburn Edge son bred by Sean Kilkenny, Newtown, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, and sold to Wayne Acheson, Omagh, Co Tyrone. €5,900 for Beechill Leo, bred by Zara Dunne, Belturbet, Co Cavan, and bought by Ronnie McIlroy, Coleraine, Co Derry. This bull was sired by Coneyisland Legend.€5,500 for Steil Larry 269 by The Moss Kriss, bred by Cathal & JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by Padraic Cahill, Oranmore, Co Galway. €5,100 for Steil Leo 275, a Nightingale EL Paso son, bred by Cathal & JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by James Mallon, Swartagh, Co Derry. €4,600 for Clooncarne Lord Hardy, bred by Thomas Mulligan, Currycramp, Dromod, Co Leitrim, and bought by Richard Thompson, Coleraine, Co Derry. He is sired by Clooncarne Frank.€4,600 for Currycramp Lad, bred by Gerard Mulligan, Currycramp, Dromod, Co Leitrim, and bought by Thomas Rushe, Ballinagare, Castlerea, Co Roscommon. The bull is sired by Clooncarne Frank.€4,500 for Mercury Lord Jet, by Friarstown Paddy Pershore, bred by Shane and John Murphy, Woodlands, Banteer, Mallow, Co Cork, and bought by Peter Hynes, Kilteely, Co Limerick. €4,400 for Currycramp Lukas bred by Gerard Mulligan, Currycramp, Dromod, Co Leitrim. The buyer was Christopher Lee, Kilnacross, Co Cavan.€4,100 for Steil Leslie 270, bred by Cathal and JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by Tadgh Cronin, Lombardstown, Mallow, Co Cork. This bull was sired by The Moss Kriss.€4,000 for Duibhgiolla Luigi bred by Dara Diffley and Nigel Cox, Clooncolligan, Bornacoola, Co Leitrim, and bought by Dovea Genetics, Thurles, Co Tipperary. The sire was Clooncolligan Joe Joe.€4,000 for Ballykeevican Leonardo, a son of Kingsbrook Emperor, bred by Jonathan Maye, Ballykeevican, Boyle, Co Roscommon, and bought by Justin Hannery, Peterswell, Co Galway. €3,700 for Dillon Legend, a Carrigroe Hulk son, bred by John and Cathy Farrell, Mountdillon, Curraghroe, Co Roscommon, and bought by Michael Nevin, Newport, Co Mayo. €3,350 for Dillon Loyal, also by Carrigrow Hulk, bred by John and Cathy Farrell, Mountdillon, Curraghroe, Co Roscommon, sold to William Carroll, Roscrea, Co Tipperary. €3,200 for the Clonbroney Waltr son Drumcarbin Larry P195, bred by Shane McKiernan, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, and sold to Sam Milliken, Coleraine, Co Derry. €3,200 for Aughnamona Lear, a Drumcarbin Perfection L145 son, bred by Geraldine Shanley and Donal Spring, Bornacoola, Co Leitrim, and bought by Michael Veale, Lemybrien, Co Waterford. €3,100 for the Early Sunset Hightime son, Towra Louis, bred by Jim Dockery, Towra, Shinrone, Co Offaly, and sold to Aidan Hynes, Mounthrath, Co Laois. €3,000 for Caltun Larry, by Cornamuckla Lord Hardy, bred by Maria Calvey, Westport, Co Mayo, and bought by Ronnie McIlroy, Coleraine, Co Derry. Females
It was the female ring that produced the top price of the sale at €6,500 for breeders Michael and Oliver Flanagan, Moydrum, Athlone, Co Westmeath, with their supreme female champion, Moydrum Lu Lu. Born September 2014, this stylish heifer is a daughter of Ballyshannon Eric and, after a competitive round of bidding, was knocked down to Lisa Smith, Cahirmee, Doneraile, Co Cork for €6,500.
In reserve was the Friarstown Ideal Pete daughter Lecarrow Laura, bred by Patrick Murphy, Puntabeg, Charlestown, Co Mayo, and selling to Keith Vickery, Rosscarbery, Co Cork, for €4,000.
Other top female prices:
€4,600 for Kilkelly Lark, a Luddenmore Fionn daughter, bred by W J O’Grady, Kilkelly Co Mayo, and bought by Keith Vickery, Rosscarbery, Co Cork. €4,100 for Steil Winnie 273, a The Moss Kriss daughter, bred by Cathal and JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by R and N Dockery, Strokestown, Co Roscommon. €3,650 for Brideswell Leanne, bred by Patrick Harrison, Brideswell, Athlone, Co Westmeath, selling to Michael Veale, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford.€3,550 for Kilkelly Lilly, a Kilkelly Jaguar daughter, bred by WJ O’Grady, Kilkelly, Co Mayo, and selling to Keith Vickery, Rosscarbery, Co Cork. €3,300 for Brideswell Karina, a daughter of Ballyshannon Eric, bred by Patrick Harrison, Brideswell, Athlone, Co Westmeath, and sold to Michael Veale, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford. €3,200 for Steil M Ella 289 bred by Cathal and JJ McCormack, Steil, Tulsk, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and bought by Damien Tiernan, Hillstreet, Co Roscommon. Her sire was The Moss Kriss.€3,100 for Gallaway Lucy bred by Pauline McKiernan, Carrigallen, Co Leitrim, and selling to PJ Kenny, Edgeworthstown, Co Longford. 
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