Tullamore Agricultural Show hosts Red Mills championship

Last Sunday, August 13, the

largest one-day show in Ireland, the Tullamore Agri-

cultural Show, was held

at Butterfield Estate, Tulla-more, County Offaly.

This huge event attracted entries from the length and breadth of the island and also hosted the Red Mills All Ireland Poultry Championship.

Some of our local poultry ex-hibitors travelled to this event with their quality birds and I was so pleased to learn that Geoff Weir, who keeps great birds, had won the supreme Show Champion award with one of his amazing Large Black Orpington cockerels, with his White Pekin cockerel winning the Reserve Show Champion award.

On top of this Geoff’s entry won the Red Mills All Ireland Poultry Championship Show, with another bird taking the fourth place prize.

These are fantastic results for Geoff, who is such a nice guy and puts a lot of effort into his birds. Time after time he rears exceptional birds in the breeds that he keeps. Really well done, Geoff.

Below is a list of some of the top results at the Tullamore Poultry section show:

Show Champion: Geoff Weir’s Black Orpington Cockerel;

Reserve Show Champion: Geoff Weir’s White Pekin cockerel;

Champion Bantam and Reserve Champion Bantam Duck: Scott Kingston;

Champion Large Duck: Doyle family;

Reserve Champion Large Duck: Charlie Bourke;

Champion Large Fowl and Reserve Champion Large Fowl: Geoff Weir;

Champion Bantam: Geoff Weir;

Reserve Champion Bantam: Pat McDonagh;

Champion Hard Feather: Charlie Bourke;

Champion Eggs: Tom Boyd’s plate of three brown eggs;

Champion Turkey: Charlie Bourke.

The Red Mills All Ireland Poultry Championship results: 1st, Geoff Weir; 2nd, Kieran O’Sullivan; 3rd, Kieran O’Sullivan; 4th, Geoff Weir; 5th, Charlie Bourke; and 6th, Laura O’Sullivan.

The organisers, exhibitors and the judge Ciara Sweeney should be congratulated for all the hard work that they put into this successful show, which helps to showcase all the wonderful yesteryear fowl breeds.

My special thanks to Peter Hamill, who helped me prepare this poultry page.