Pure Friesian Herds Competition 2017
The results of the Irish Pure Friesian Herds Competition were announced with presentations made to the top three herds on the day. The results were as follows:
1st Micheal Spillane, Mountain
2nd Peadar Healy, Firoda
3rd Pat Cleary, Carrickshock
4th Trevor Dudley, Kilsunny
5th Michael Dempsey, Barrowvale
6th Francis Fitzgerald, Gortfadda
Highest EBI
Michael Dempsey, Barrowvale 134
Martin Crowe, Chairman Irish Pure Friesian Club; Bill O’Keeffe, Pure Friesian Club; Joe Nolan, Farm Business Development Manager, Zurich Insurance (sponsor); Pat Cleary, Carrickshock herd, Co. Kilkenny (3rd), Peadar Healy, Firoda herd, Co. Kilkenny (2nd) and Micheal Spillane, Mountain herd, Co. Tipperary (1st) with IHFA President Kathleen Watson and Donal Carey, IHFA Field Officer, at the Pure Friesian Open Day on the Spillane family farm, Mountain herd, Tullamaine, Fethard, Co. Tipperary.
Winner of the Pure Friesian Herds Competition, sponsored by Zurich, Michéal Spillane, Mountain Pure Friesians pictured with, l – r, Martin Crowe, Chairman Irish Pure Friesian Club, Breda Spillane (mother), Sandra Spillane (wife), Joe Nolan, Farm Business Development Manager, Zurich Insurance (sponsor), Jack Spillane (son) and Charles Gallagher CE IHFA, at the Pure Friesian Open Day on the Spillane family farm, Mountain herd, Tullamaine, Fethard, Co. Tipperary
