Our program allows you to adopt a sheep for a year, name it, receive newsletters from the farmer 4 times a year telling what your sheep is doing, and in August of 2006, you will receive your sheep's actual fleece. You can process the fleece yourself or we can have it washed & carded into roving at our local Maine mill (add'l charge will apply) . If you wish, you can also have it spun into yarn.

This is a great birthday present, Christmas present or a gift for a spinner, knitter, or an Irish person who wants the benefit of owning their own Irish sheep without the hassle of feeding it every day!

If you travel to Ireland, you can even visit your sheep in person & meet Kelly & Denis.

The annual adoption fee of $125 includes naming, newsletter, and fleece delivered to your door.

This is part of the 600+ sheep on the Jack-Paddy & Denis O'Sullivan farm in rural County Kerry. Kelly the Border collie keeps a watchful eye while we take photos. When Denis whistles to her, Kelly can herd 1 sheep or many (depending on what Denis wants) from a high mountain down to Denis in the field below. The sheep are marked with various colors of dye to designate the farm they come from and what shots they have had. The numbers are used to show which twin & triplet lambs belong to which ewe, for instance in the photos you can see #16 ewe with two #16 lambs. She was the 16th ewe to deliver twins in 2005. The blue stripe on the rump means the sheep belong to the O'Sullivan farm in Coolnacuppogue near Kenmare Ireland. The blue spot on the neck means they have had their inoculations for 2005.

Come pick out your sheep!

Ready to adopt? Here's what you need to do -

1. Email us at info@theirishewe.com or call us at 207-743-6263 with the sheep's number.

2. Pay via Paypal, credit card, in person or by check.

3. Start picking out names and planning for that fleece!