News

• December 2010 To all our friends, crew and customers – “There is no time more fitting to say ‘thank you’ and to wish you a Happy Christmas and a New Year of health, happiness and prosperity”

• October 2010 At the AACS Show & Sale in Dungannon our 18 month old bull Drumcorn Elbando J685 scaled 960kgs, won the strongest class and the Reserve Male Championship before selling for top price of 2,800 gns to McMurtry Bros from Coleraine
  
  
• July 2010 We won the Breed Championship and Interbreed Championship at Londonderry & Limavady Show with the 7 year old cow Drumcorn Ergessa C265

   

  Drumcorn Ergessa C265 after winning the Breed & Interbreed
  Championship at Londonderry & Limavady Show

• May 2010 At the Royal Ulster Show we won the Yearling Heifer class & Best Exhibitor Bred Award with Drumcorn Lady Ida J663 whilst her herd mate Drumcorn Ergessa C265 took the Reserve Exhibitor Bred Award

  
  
  Drumcorn Lady Ida J663 after winning the Best Exhibitor Bred Award
  at the Royal Ulster Show under judge Graeme Massie of the Blelack herd
  
  
• October 2009 Best wishes to William & Karen McCaughern who have purchased two females from the heart of Drumcorn to establish their Roxtown Herd at Kilrea in Co Londonderry
• July 2009 Further show success with Drumcorn Ergessa C265 giving us our fifth Breed Championship of the season when she won at Antrim Show before going on to lift the Supreme Interbreed Beef Championship – the second time we have won the Sloan Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Supreme Champion at Antrim.

  

  Supreme Interbreed Beef Champion - Antrim - 2009

• June 2009 We were delighted to win the Ulster Provincial Championship for the fifth time when Drumcorn Ergessa C265 won the Breed Championship at Saintfield Show. Her herd mate Drumlister Willow took Second in the Cow Class and they combined to win the Pairs Competition with Drumcorn Lady Ida J663 again winning the Calf Class.

• June 2009 Drumlister Willow wins two Breed Championships for us at Lurgan (second year running) and Newry with her heifer calf Drumcorn Lady Ida featuring strongly in the calf classes. 

   

  

  Newry Show Champion 2009 and 'champion handler' Alison Connolly

• May 2009 Won Breed Champion at Ballymena Show for the first time with Drumcorn Ergessa C265 which means we have now taken the Breed Championship at all ten provincial and county shows where we have competed. She also featured in the Best Pair with Drumcorn Lady Ida J663 winning the Calf Class.

• May 2009 We were delighted with the arrival of Drumcorn Elda J711 – our first great, great grand-daughter of Elcara of Drumlister – a heifer calf sired by Drumcorn Edison F442 (Aberan DMM Decision 26H) out of Drumcorn Eleanor G534 (Nakkeg Nord 913).

• April 2009 Sold two Ankonian Elixir 100 sons at the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society’s Show & Sale in Dungannon to achieve second and third top prices of 2,300 and 2,200 guineas respectively.
  
  
• February 2009 Drumlister Willow calved this week with a smart heifer calf - Drumcorn Lady Ida J663 by Ballamanaugh Estefan – one to look out for.
  
  
• August 2008 We finished the show season on a high with Drumlister Willow winning the Breed Championship at Enniskillen to add to her win at Lurgan earlier in the year. During the year we lifted a total five championships and two reserve championships with three animals.

• July 2008  Two major show successes to report with Drumcorn Ergessa C265 winning the Breed Championship at both Saintfield and Castlewellan and going on to win Reserve Interbreed Champion at Saintfield and Honourable Mention in the same competition at Castlewellan.

• June 2008  We were delighted to win the Ulster Championship for the fourth time with Drumcorn Edison F442 taking the Breed Championship at Armagh Show.

• May 2008  We won the Reserve Breed Championship at the Royal Ulster Show with Drumlister Willow that went on to win the Reserve Interbreed Group Championship.

• January 2008  Another heifer calf born to Elcara of Drumlister – now 16 year old - this time Drumcorn Elene H567 by Burthlene Patriot 47M (Imp).

• October 2007  At the Shanrod Dispersal Sale we purchased the 4 year old cow Drumlister Willow (Imp) with her heifer calf at foot. She is a direct descendant of the famous Irish show cow Parkmeadow United and was sired by Idvies Euro Y173. 

• July 2007  In the NI Herds Competition we moved up to win the Medium Herd category this year and are grateful to the judge Albert De Coogan from the Mogeely Herd in Co Cork for his kind comments on the herd.

Winning Best Medium Herd, NI Herds Competition, 2007

• July 2006  In this years NI Herds Competition we moved up to the Medium Herd category winning the Reserve Best Herd and the Award for Best Cow Family (Erica).

• July 2006  Our 14 year old cow Elcara of Drumlister won the Breed Championship & Ulster Championship at Omagh Show making her the Ulster Champion for the second time and surely creating a record for an aged cow.

• July 2005  We scored a hat trick in the NI Aberdeen Angus Herds Competition winning the Best Small Herd for the third consecutive year. 

• May 2005  A red letter day for us at the Royal Ulster winning an array of awards including Reserve Supreme Champion and Best Exhibitor Bred animal with Drumcorn Elast C276 by Ballamanaugh Estefan out of Elcara of Drumlister. We also won Best Pair and Best Pair of heifers – Drumcorn Elast & Drumcorn Ergessa C265 - and also scored a ‘double’ in the Cow class with Clover Cherry Blosom W14 & Elcara of Drumlister. We had eight entries at the show and took home 2 x Firsts; 4 x Seconds; 1 x Third & 1x Fourth – not a bad days work…… Thanks to John Tilson of the Wedderlie herd who judged the show and helped make it happen! 

• July 2004  At Antrim Show we won the Breed Championship and the Ulster Provincial Trophy with Clover Cherry Blosom W14 before she went on to win the Supreme Interbreed Beef Championship.

• May 2004  Another win at the Royal Ulster Show with our two year old heifer Drumcorn Cherry Bee B217 winning her class and going on to win the Female & Reserve Supreme Championship as well as the Exhibitor Bred Award.

• May 2004  Our foundation female Elcara of Drumlister made her tenth appearance at the Royal Ulster Show and featured on BBC Northern Ireland, Downtown Radio & North West Radio.

• May 2003  Our new stock bull Drumlister Cherry Boy A882 won the Senior Bull class at the Royal Ulster Show before going on to take the Male Championship and Reserve Supreme Championship – our first major win at this show.  

• July 2002  Won the Ulster Provincial Trophy at Clogher Valley Show with Elcara of Drumlister taking the Breed Championship under judge William McLaren Senior from the Netherton herd. It was particularly pleasing to do so in front of a large crowd including a number of overseas visitors attending the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth Conference in Belfast.

• June 2000  Our first foray showing cattle in Great Britain saw our stock bull Ballamanaugh Estefan win the Senior Bull class at the Royal Highland Show before going on to lift the Male Championship and then the Reserve Supreme Champion title – not a bad result for a herd with just three cows!             

Championship presentation, Royal Highland Show 2000

• May 1995  Elcara of Drumlister won her third consecutive first prize rosette at the Royal Ulster Show winning the Cow / Heifer class after taking the Two Year Old Heifer class last year and the Yearling Heifer Class in 1993. 

• February 1995 The first calf registered under the Drumcorn herd prefix was born on 24th February – a heifer named Elbabs of Drumcorn, she is out of Elcara of Drumlister and sired by Barbi of Skaill.

• July 1994  The Drumcorn herd won its first championship when our two year old heifer Elcara of Drumlister won at Antrim Show.

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