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SOCIETY SALES - Spring Sale Roscommon 2022
Female Champion - Pictured at the presentation
to the Female Champion are Emmanuel O’Dea
President, Deirdre McGowan ISCS, Mark Neenan,
Gerry Neenan and Alan Wilson judge
Spring 2022 Premier
BULL AVERAGE €3,840, WHILE HEIFER AVERAGE UP €1,350 TO €3,740
opping the bull trade at €7,000 was the Overall Senior Champion, Coose Mackintosh
exhibited by father and son duo John & Ronan Tuohy, Co Galway. Judge on the day, Mr. Alan
Wilson from the Bannhill Farm Herd in Northern Ireland described his Champion as ‘Classy’.
This December ‘20 bull is sired by the home bred Coose Lincoln ET and out of a Curaheen
Dam, who is a half-sister to AI bull Curaheen Gunshot. He sold with a five-star terminal index
of €119, a calving figure of 5.1%. After a flurry of ringside and online bids, he was eventually knocked
down to a Northern Ireland based suckler farmer.
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Next up at €5000 was lot 21, Ardunsaghan Magic One, selling for the Connolly Family, Co Leitrim. This
December `20 born bull is sired by Curaheen Wakeman and out of Clonagh Kim Willow who herself is
by Bruchag Glenfiddich. He catalogued with a page full of stars and a calving figure of just 3.3%. This
one selling across the water to Gordon Clark’s ‘Broombrae Herd’, Fife in Scotland.
Rathnashan Maple Syrup P ET for Nigel & Patrick Hogan, Co. Carlow, one of the oldest bulls on offer,
selling for €4600. On the day, this dark red polled bull born September ‘20 was Senior Reserve
champion in the pre sale show. This Curaheen Gunshot sired bull is out of Rathnshan Heidi ET, a wellknown homebred dam with a page full of stars. Another bull away to Scotland, this time to Gerald and
Morag Smith’s ‘Drumsleed Herd’ in Kincardinshire.
Hitting the €4200 mark was Marsha Mr. Mac for Michael Glennon, Co. Roscommon and shown by his
son Martin. Born October `20 with a calving figure of 2.9% this long dark red bull is sired by AI Bull,
Seafort Gill and is out of Glebefarm Candice Imp, a Sheestown Tsar Dam. This bull was wrapped up by
a repeat Galway suckler farmer.
Garrett Behan of the Clonagh Herd, received €4000 for his October `20 born bull, Clonagh Mambo
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