Timeline: cattle and sheep thefts 2018-2019

Niall Hurson recounts the details of 12 separate reported thefts of livestock from farms in the past two years.

Niall Hurson

2 October 2019

February 2018

Sligo farmer Michael Seery reports 74 sheep missing from the Loughill, Carnaleck and Kilcummin mountains in Clonacool. The sheep were stolen sometime between early January and mid-February. Valued at €80 to €100 each, they are worth almost €7,000 to the farmer.

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