I’M a native of the Mizen peninsula in West Cork, raised on the family farm in Ballydehob and now living close by, in Lisheen, just west of Skibbereen. Some of my earliest memories are of bringing the cows in for milking on horseback.

Since the 1980s, my wife Anne and I breed Irish Draughts together and we both have a deep interest in pedigree lines and breeding. We proudly use the Mizen prefix for all our foals. It gives our stock a sense of place and a very clear identity.