Cow takes shows by storm

THE winner of the AIB Bank Holstein Friesian championship at Limerick Show was a four-year-old second calver exhibited by Sean, Eileen and John Curtin, Athlacca, Co Limerick, who also took the reserve’s rosette.

Strandview Storm Bjerg, the winning animal, was bred by Tom McGee in Co Louth, and was purchased last year by the Curtins.

The family has enjoyed great success with the cow at shows this year, taking the red rosette in Ennis, Nenagh and Cappamore, and a second in her class at Tullamore.