Seamus Rooney representing Northern Ireland at the Golden Shears World Championships. On his way to 5th place in the All Ireland Senior Shearing.
Chris Mullan representing Northern Ireland at the Golden Shears World Championships. On his way to 6th place in the All Ireland Senior Shearing.
Sean Kerlin representing Northern Ireland at the Golden Shears World Championships. On his way to 2nd place in the All Ireland Senior Shearing.
Colette Deegan of Ireland at the Golden Shears World Championships. On her way to winning in the All Ireland Queen of the Shears.
Veronica Goss of Kimbolton representing New Zealand at the Golden Shears World Championships. In action during the Wool Handling heats.
Caryn Webster of Larne representing Northern Ireland at the Golden Shears World Championships. In action during the Wool Handling heats.
Current Champion Jeol Henare of Gisborne representing New Zealand at the Golden Shears World Championships. In action during the Wool Handling heats.
Jane Harkness Bones of Atrim representing Northern Ireland at the Golden Shears World Championships. In action during the Wool Handling heats.
Colette Deegan of Ireland with the All Ireland Queen of the Shears Trophy at the Golden Shears World Championships.
Shun Oishi representing Japan at the Golden Shears World Championships, competing in the World Shearing heats.
Jan Clarke representing Falkland Islands at the Golden Shears World Championships, competing in the World Shearing heats.
Magnus Wuolo representing Sweden at the Golden Shears World Championships, competing in the World Shearing heats.
Rainer Blumelhuber representing Germany at the Golden Shears World Championships, competing in the World Shearing heats.
The stage is set at the Golden Shears World Championships.
John Kirkpatrick representing New Zealand at the Golden Shears World Championships, competing in the World Shearing heats.
Irish Country Meats - Major Sponsor at the Golden Shears World Championships.
Sandra Sheridan and Katherine Roache at the stand of major sponsor, Irish Country Meats during the Golden Shears World Championships.
James Smyth and Rory Fanning display the Slaney Foods product range at the Golden Shears World Championships.
Rory Fanning - Manager at Slaney Foods displays the product range at the Golden Shears World Championships.
Tucker the Mascot for Redmond Farms at The Golden Shears World Shearing Campionships
Tucker the Mascot for Redmond Farms mans the stand at The Golden Shears World Shearing Campionships
Pedigree Texel Ram at the Golden Shears World Shearing Championship
A Texel Ram checks out the camera lens.
Cleaning the sheep for the show.
A man cleans the head of his pedigree Texel Ram
Early Morning sponge bath for a pedigree ram.
Father and son, Pat and Barry Farrell of Tara, Co. Mead give their pedigree Texel ram a personal sponge bath before judging.
Brushing down the Suffock ram.
Declan Mangan and T.S. Bodderick brush down their Sussex Ram before judging at the Golden Shears World Shearing Championship
Sussex Sheep await judging at the Golden Shears World Shearing Campionship.
Texel Sheep await judging at the Golden Shears World Shearing Campionship.
Spinning the wool at the Golden Shears World Shearing Championships.
Stephanie O'Connor from the 1798 Spinning Club, Enniscorthy, demonstrates the end uses wool at the Golden Shears World Shearing Championships.
Calum Shaw of Scotland at the Golden Shears Blade Shearing World Championship.
Calum Shaw of Scotland goes face to face with a sheep at the Golden Shears Blade Shearing World Championship.
Calum Shaw of Scotland shows his cutting style at the Golden Shears Blade Shearing World Championship.
