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ON show at the Ploughing are Parthenaise cattle, a double-muscled beef breed from the Parthenay region of France which first came to Ireland around seven years ago and now number a few hundred head ...

FOLLOWING on from the successful sale of seven maiden heifers on the Ploughing stand last year, the Irish Parthenaise Cattle Breed Society has specially imported another group of heifers from France ...

The Parthenaise breed is one of the oldest in France and has been refined over the past 50 years to produce high-quality beef. Its meat is some of the most expensive in France, with farmers receiving ...