Hampshire Down

Welcome to South of Ireland
Hampshire Down Sheep Society

Set up in January 2021, our aim is to promote the Hampshire Down breed as it continues to grow in popularity. We aim to encourage and support both our pedigree breeders and commercial breeders.
In our first year we increased the Hampshire Down presence at Multibreed sales and held our first Female Sale in Tullow in October 2021. Our Premier sale held in July in Tullow was a good success. We aim to increase events at which Hampshire Down will be present again this year. Please check out our Events page for something close to you. We would love to see you there.

Zootechnical Approval

In October 2025 we were very proud to be approved as a recognised breed society by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine and approved to maintain a breeding programme for the breed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1012.
This re-establishes South of Ireland Hampshire Down sheep on the world stage and is a significant milestone for the society.
Sheep sold at our society sales must be pedigree registered and are therefore eligible to be exported once the prevailing Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine export regulations have been adhered to. For more information please see our breeding programme here or contact a member of the committee who will be happy to help.