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Shannagh flock tops Big Bang sale

The Big Bang Export sale of Suffolk, Dutch Spotted and Badger Face Texels at Balmoral Park, Sprucefield, Northern Ireland, topped at 10,000gns

Angela Calvert
Head of Livestock, Shows and Sales
clock • 1 min read
Shannagh flock tops Big Bang sale

The sale leader was a shearling gimmer by Limestone Another Level out of a home-bred daughter of Limestone Aston Martin from A. and R. Wilson's Shannagh flock, Raphoe, Co Donegal. It sold, carrying twins...

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