2 September 2022
By Tom Collins
tom@TheCork.ie
Cork natives win Class 15, 16 and 20 categories and Irish Junior Handlers Final in Irish Angus All-Ireland Championship – Competition sponsored by ABP Cahir, Aldi and The Irish Angus Cattle Society
ABP is proud to recognise a number of Cork locals as the winners of the Class 15, 16 and 20 categories, and the Irish Junior Handlers Final at the Irish Angus All-Ireland Championship, which took place at the Iverk Show on Saturday 27th August in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny.
Kieran Ryan, Matthew Ryan and Jack Murphy, all from Co. Cork, came 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Irish Junior Handlers Final.
Dan and Rose Murphy won the Class 15 category, which recognises Angus Heifer Calves born between 1st August 2020 and 31st July 2021.
Brendan O’Connell won the Class 16 category, which recognises Angus Cows with a Calf at foot.
Eugene Lynch won the Class 22 category, which recognises Irish Angus Calf Bull Born between 1st August 2021 and 31st October 2021.
The Iverk show features the largest cattle championship of the showing season, with the prize funds for the different categories totalling €36,500.
Pictured at the Iverk Show are (Left to Right): Rob Farrell, Group Buying Director with Aldi; Sam Comber, Competition Judge; Cork native Brendan O’Connell with his children William and Mary Clare O’Connell; Paul Matthews, ABP Food Group Livestock Manager; Michael Flanagan, Irish Angus All-Ireland Championship Coordinator and Sean Kilkenny, President of the Irish Angus Cattle Society at the Iverk Show in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny.
Image One: Michael Flanagan, Irish Angus All-Ireland Championship Coordinator; Rob Farrell, Group Buying Director with Aldi; Paul Matthews, ABP Food Group Livestock Manager; Cork natives Kieran Ryan, Matthew Ryan and Jack Murphy, winners of the Irish Junior Handlers Final, Michael Dullea from the Irish Angus Society and Sean Kilkenny, President of the Irish Angus Cattle Society at the Iverk Show in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny.
Cork native Eugene Lynch, winner of the Class 22 category at the Irish Angus All-Ireland Championship, which took place at the Iverk Show in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny.
Sam Comber, Competition Judge; Rob Farrell, Group Buying Director with Aldi; Cork natives Rose and Dan Murphy; Michael Flanagan, Irish Angus All-Ireland Championship Coordinator; Paul Matthews, ABP Food Group Livestock Manager and Sean Kilkenny, President of the Irish Angus Cattle Society at the Iverk Show in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny.
