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Full-blood Wagyu, bred in Co. Kildare since 2008
Registered, DNA-verified breeding stock, semen and embryos — selected on Australian figures rather than looks, and exported to buyers across Europe.
The herd
It started with fifty-one embryos
We imported 51 Wagyu embryos from Australia in 2008, at roughly the cost of a new tractor. The conception rate was poor. What saved it was two exceptional animals — a cow called Ohanasaki Breda, who had forty-two calves born in a single year and traces back to Dai 2 Kinntou, and a stock bull called Ohanasaki Brilliant, who was quieter and kinder than a Saint Bernard and whose semen is still in demand at home and abroad.
Everything here is bred from that foundation on 110 acres at Silliot Hill. We sell to farmers starting or strengthening a herd of their own, and we are happy to spend the time on the phone that a decision like that deserves. If you are weighing up whether Wagyu suits your ground, ring us — an honest conversation costs nothing, and if the answer is no we will tell you.
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Registered, verified, documented
Every animal is pedigree-registered and DNA parent-verified, and the full paperwork goes with it on sale.
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Selected on figures, not looks
We breed on Australian estimated breeding values. Marbling is the trait that carries the value, and you cannot see it from outside the animal.
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Exported across Europe
Stock, semen and embryos have gone to France, Spain, Scotland, Wales and Portugal. Genuine enquiries welcome from anywhere in the world.
For sale
Currently available
What is available right now. The list changes as animals come and go, so it is worth checking back.
Available Articles
What the farming press has written
Farm profiles, export sales and industry comment about the herd from the Irish farming press.
IFA has beef with vegan climate change claims (opens in a new tab)
The Australian Ambassador to Ireland, Richard Andrews, visiting the Wagyu herd at Silliot Hill.
By The Dealer Photograph: Philip Doyle
Wagyu beef: Irish farmers learn from Australian experience (opens in a new tab)
Short video of the Australian Ambassador's visit to the Kilcullen farm, covering the embryo import and the sale of high-value beef. Runs 1:34. The page carries no date; the visit was April 2019.
Photograph: Irish Farmers Journal (Video Hub)
Wagyu breeder flags concerns on low numbers of full-blood stock (opens in a new tab)
Oliver approached Agriland to warn that full-blood Wagyu numbers in Ireland are falling to the point of threatening future supply. Cites Australian Wagyu Association registration figures and argues the breed bonus here is too thin to sustain pedigree herds.
By Breifne O'Brien Photograph: Agriland
Thinking about Wagyu for your own herd?
Whether you are after a stock bull, a few in-calf heifers, straws to try over your own cows, or just straight answers about how the breed performs here — get in touch.
Contact Oliver