All in a day’s work: The secret to Cork Beef Champion’s success

Eamon O'Donovan, Cappamore, Co Limerick with the Beef Champion May 2021 Belgium Blue at the Cork Summer Show at the Cork Showgrounds, Curraheen, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

“Stylish” commercial heifer, Infinity, bred by Co Limerick beef breeder Eamon O’Donovan might have caught the judge’s eye on the day, but four generations of top-quality breeding was the secret to success for this year’s Cork Summer Show Beef Supreme Champion.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, the Cappamore man explained the May 2021 born heifer was three-quarters Belgian Blue, one-quarter Limousin.