President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly is set to attend the sixth national harvest of wool from Ireland’s native sheep breed – the Galway – later this month. The event, on Saturday, July 18 at Athenry Livestock Mart, will begin with a convoy of wool growers arriving from all four provinces of Ireland, each bringing their annual wool clip to be included in the national Irish wool harvest. Known as the Galway Wool Meitheal, the event celebrates …
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