| Farmer |
Colm O’Donnell |
| Location |
Aclare, Co. Sligo |
| Farm Description |
Has grazing rights on large (722 ha) commonage and farms 24 ha of
green land in 4 separate blocks; hill sheep is the sole enterprise; |
| Teagasc Adviser |
Tom Coll |
| Sheep Enterprise Details |
| Ewe Flock Size |
180 Scottish Blackface ewes; |
| Ram Breeds |
S Blackface |
| Flock Replacements |
Homebred, 30 S Blackface |
|
Ewe flock wintered on the commonage and lambed on green
land |
| Lambs reared per ewe to ram (‘08 season) |
|
| Concentrate Usage |
is quite low |
| Farm Plan |
Details (67KB PDF
Format) |
