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s well as being one of Cork's best-known sheep farmers, Sean Dennehy is IFA sheep chairman of Cork Central and a member of the national sheep committee. Sean and his wife Colette farm nearly 250 acres, which is owned and rented, in Shandangan, Carrigadrohid, which is in Cork's Muskerry and Lee Valley regions. They have three children, Nicola (17), Laura (14) and Robert (11), who help with the day-to-day running of the farm. Sean's late father Jerry, who was a native of Rathmore, Co. Kerry, started farming in Carrigadrohid after returning from the US in 1966. Having initially farmed cattle, pigs and sheep, the Dennehy's have been concentrating on sheep for a number of years now.
CONTACT DETAILS Sean Dennehy
IFA Sheep Chairman of Cork Central, Shandangan, Carrigadrohid, Co. Cork. Telephone: 087 8103406 IRISH TRACTOR & AGRI
There are 920 breeding ewes, 250 ewe lambs, 40 rams and five teaser rams, not to mention a whole batch of spring born lambs, to be found on the farm at present. The breeding ewes are a mixture of Belclare and Suffolk, while the rams consist of Belclare, Suffolk, Texel and Welsh Lleyn. The lambs which aren't kept as replacements are supplied to Macroombased craft butcher Michael Twomey, with the surplus going to Kildare Chilling through factory agent Brendan Kelleher. Sean has a contract with his local butcher to supply 25 Sean Dennehy with his son Robert lambs per week, while he supplies his wool to sample what is being produced right Daniel Buckley in Millstreet. here in the Lee Valley. Irish lamb is the “By selling our lambs locally, we can best in the world and we want as many take satisfaction from the fact that we people as possible to enjoy it.” doing our bit for the local economy. I'm a The Dennehy's are coming off the back firm believer in supporting the business of another busy lambing season which community locally,” he says. began on February 17 and finished on “It also allows local consumers to April 20. About 150 ewes lambed every
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