'Cattle are my life’: National Dairy Show honours Seamus Crowley
(Left to right) Tom Baker, show director with Elmarie Kelleher and Seamus Crowley at the FBD Insurance National Dairy Show in the Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Co Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins
Seamus Crowley has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the National Dairy Show, recognising his longstanding contribution to the event and the Cork Holstein Friesian Club.
Mr Crowley, who served as show director for five years, described the award as the highlight of his involvement in the show.
“I was very lucky and very honoured. I would like to thank all the people involved, and I would like to wish the National Dairy Show every success going forward,” he said.
His service on the Cork Holstein Friesian Club committee began in 2006. In 2009, he joined the club’s National Dairy Show sub-committee, through which he has helped to organise the show for almost two decades.
The Enniskeane man served as assistant show director from 2010 to 2012 before taking on the role of show director for the following five years.
Since then, he has continued to offer his experience to guide the committee in running Ireland’s biggest indoor cattle show.
Mr Crowley, who has also served as president of the Cork Holstein Friesian Club, said his involvement was rooted in a lifelong love of cattle.
He told the : “I love Holsteins first of all.
He credited the team around him with helping to make the show a success, while also speaking proudly of his family’s involvement. His son, James, is the current chairman of the Cork Holstein Friesian Club.
“I get my head in and try to make a success of things. But I have a wonderful team as well," he said. “My whole family are here today as well. They are very proud, and I am of them as well.”
A spokesperson for the show said Seamus is well known for his organising ability and being the face of hospitality for the show.
FBD National Dairy Show director Tom Baker praised Mr Crowley’s ability to connect with people and bring them together.
“Seamus is a great people person, always greeting people with a smile and a handshake. He has a natural ability to bring people with him on the journey,” he said.
