The Irish sheep have right-of-way
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (345032)
Rockingham, Australia
May 3, 2023 7:29pm CST
I’ve been promising readers I’d put up some photos of the Irish sheep so here is a collage taken on Achill Island in county Mayo.
The lower two photos were taken by Vince. He had the front seat in the car so got the better photo of the sheep on the road. On that occasion, I had a very nice image of the dashboard but not such a nice one of the sheep.
They are black-faced mountain sheep and are very tough and hardy as they would need to be in these areas.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 May 23
@JudyEv Oh my gosh Judy, how can that sheep see properly?
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@RebeccasFarm (91527)
• Arvada, Colorado
4 May 23
Now..there is what I wanted to see..so lovely Judy!! Was it freezing that day?
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@Tampa_girl7 (51172)
• United States
4 May 23
I love the pics. Look at that sweet baby.
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@JudyEv (345032)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 May 23
The lambs were just gorgeous. Very, very black on the black bits and very, very white elsewhere. lol
@DaddyEvil (140355)
• United States
4 May 23
Do the sheep ignore you if you honk your horn at them? That's what most cattle here do... The cattle look at the car and then deliberately look away again. 
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 May 23
Are those ever nice photos of Irish sheep! A very nice collage, Judy:)
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@JudyEv (345032)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 May 23
They were surprisingly hard to photograph in a way. I took dozens, as did Vince, just to get a few nice ones.
@LindaOHio (183827)
• United States
4 May 23
Love the sheep, especially the babies. Thank you for the collage.
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@BarBaraPrz (48351)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 May 23
I, too, have nice views of the dashboard, or the sideposts around the door, or the driver's arm when they're pointing out things... 
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16834)
• China
6 May 23
The photos in the collage are well taken ! Irish sheep seem to be popular and get preferential treatment over there.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16834)
• China
7 May 23
@JudyEv Irish sheep become a business card and have risen to stardom .
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@JudyEv (345032)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 May 23
@changjiangzhibin89 Yes, that is just about the truth of it.
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@RasmaSandra (82192)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 May 23
Lovely sheep and I agree they should have the right of the way,
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@moffittjc (122530)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 May 23
I love the color contrast of the black sheep with white coats.
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@moffittjc (122530)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 May 23
@JudyEv I noticed the lambs in your photo, and the vividness of their colors.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 May 23
I thought only goats had horns. And I didn't know that different breeds of sheep have horns, also.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 May 23
@JudyEv My grandma put a blue poison on the heads of her calves. This stopped the horns(most of the time) from growing. It was some type of acid.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 May 23
@JudyEv There are breeds of cattle, they let the horns grow long. Not milking cows, of course.
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@allknowing (139962)
• India
5 May 23
Those curled horns perhaps show that sheep has age perhaps.
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@JudyEv (345032)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 May 23
When we had our small acreage we had pet sheep. I really enjoyed having them.
