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All For the Love of Ewe

By Matthew Skwiat, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2014

May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Break out your wool shears, the Golden Shears World Sheep Shearing championship kicked off on a 25-acre plot of land in May in Gorey, Co. Wexford, marking the second time this event has been held in Ireland. Over 30,000 people were estimated to have attended the festivities, currently being billed as the “Olympics of Sheep Shearing” with shearers from all over the world looking … [Read more...] about All For the Love of Ewe

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