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for four years winning regional club title at all
levels. She was the 昀椀rst Simmental heifer to win
the coveted All Ireland Interbreed Suckler Type
Heifer Championship in 2007 at Claremorris as
well as her National Intermediate title and Reserve
Overall Female of the Year that same year. She
travelled to Belfast in 2009 for the RUAS Balmoral
Show winning the Junior Cow, Reserve Female
Champion and Pairs classes. She 昀椀nished her show
career that summer once again taking the Reserve
Overall Female of the Year and the National Junior
cow title.
Throughout her years in Clonagh she has bred us
37 calves both natural and ET. Her 昀椀rst natural
calf born was by her “husband” Banwy T-Rex. As
the story goes we lost another legend of a cow that
morning, “Clonagh Edel” and amidst the sorrow
that moment in the shed next door there was
Milton Senhorita after calving herself and a little
heifer calf trying to stand up, she was immediately
named “Angel Eyes” as a tribute to Edel and from
there the “Eyes collection” was born.
Some of her progeny highlights:
Clonagh Angel Eyes was sold at 9 months old for
€6,600 to the Popes Herd, UK.
Clonagh Cracker Rex was reserve champion at the
society sale in Tullamore May 2012 selling for a top
price of €4,900.
Clonagh Dreamy Eyes Weanling Heifer Champion
Roscommon selling for €5,000 autumn 2012
Clonagh Diamond Eyes Reserve Female Champion
Roscommon Spring 2013 selling for €5,000
Clonagh G Spot Weanling Heifer Champion
Roscommon Autumn 2015 selling for €5,500
Clonagh Joker Rex National Weanling Bull
Champion 2018.
Clonagh Darling Eyes National January Calf
Champion at Strokestown Show 2012 and
National Junior Heifer Champion Tullamore 2013
and Overall Simmental of the year 2017, 2018.
Simmental Miss World 2018.
Clonagh Gucci Eyes National Junior Heifer
Champion 2017 and Senior Heifer Champion
2018.
Grandaughter Clonagh Honey Eyes sold the herd
record sale of €12,100.
Grandaughter Clonagh Jazzy Eyes Female
Champion Premier Sale and top price female sold
€6,100.
Grandson Clonagh Kaboom Kid National Junior
and Reserve Overall Male Champion 2019.
Grandaughter Clonagh Hazel Eyes National
Weaning Champion 2017, National Intermediate
Champion 2018, National Junior Cow Champion
2019.
We estimate her direct progeny over her sixteen
years at Clonagh grossed in and around €110,000
we wouldn’t hazard a guess at what her daughters
have grossed to date and will hopefully continue
to produce the goods for the eyes collection for
generations to come. Our only complaint about old
Spud was that a bit like ourselves, herself and her
husband produced too many bulls!
Her 昀椀nal calf born in Clonagh was on the eve of
our Festive Females sales kicking off, a little ET
heifer by Manor Park Hansome, Clonagh Nissy
Kissy Eyes. Here she will stay and continue the
family name.
Senhorita’s picture is in pride of place in our
kitchen alongside her husband, T-Rex, as Jack
often points out to people they are Darling Eyes’
mummy and daddy and now he can add that they
are both in heaven. Two of the most in昀氀uential
purchases ever added to the herd who will live on
for generations and will never be forgotten.
Lyndsey Behan
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