An award-winning Donegal sheep and cattle farm was celebrated recently by the Irish Grasslands Association.
The IGA hosted their yearly on-farm sheep walk event at the Stevenson farm, run by mother and son Margaret and Jack Stevenson, in the east of the county.
Located between Castlefinn and Killygordon, in 2023 the Stevensons’ farm won the Suckler to Weanling category in the
National Livestock Show Sustainable Farmer Awards.
They were selected to host the annual sheep walk due to their constistently high quality and quantity of sheep output, with Margaret and Jack also given a special plaque celebrating their acheivements.
All photos from the event below are credited to Clive Wasson Photography.
Bryan Hynes, Irish Grassland Association President, making a presentation to Margaret Stevenson, and James Stevenson with Niamh Bambrick, Mullinahone Co-Op at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Farmers at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
A full field at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
John McVeigh, Ronald Wallace and Lynn Kee at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk hosts Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
David Doherty, Charlie Doherty and Patrick Strain from Inisowen at teh Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Bryan Hynes, Irish Grassland Association President, making a presentation to Margaret Stevenson, and James Stevenson with Niamh Bambrick, Mullinahone Co-Op at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Teh crowd taking in the view at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Cahrlie Gallahgher, Margaret Traynor, Damien Galalgher and Tom Coll at the Irish Grassland Association farm walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
The tea ladies at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Gerard Duffy and Conor McCann Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Some of the crowd at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Farmers at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
Bryan Hynes speaking at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
John Cannon, Eoin Galagher and Christy Watson Irish Grassland Association Sheep Farm Walk on the farm of Margaret Stevenson and Jack Stevenson, Co. Donegal. Photo Clive Wasson
