Members of the National Trust for Scotland team pictured in costume outside House of Dun.
The wait is finally over as a “re-imagined” House of Dun near Montrose once more opens its doors to visitors.
Not only has the historic National Trust for Scotland mansion had extra features added inside, its grounds are now the new home of the Angus Folk Museum.
Major work was undertaken earlier this year to transform underused space in the house’s courtyard area into a permanent base for the museum. It was forced to close in 2014 due to rising repair costs.
Now, around 400 items are on display, telling the story of 200 years of rural life in Angus. These were chosen from a vast collection amassed by Lady Maitland of Burnside in the first half of the 20th Century.
Sale topper Kilduff Rockstar sold for €11,200.
It was a a day of dreams for one Cavan family as the Irish Charolais cattle society hosted the last of its spring 2021 sales in Tullamore over the weekend.
The Dunne family of Robert, James and Zara exhibited three bulls from their Kilduff herd making an impressive average price of just shy of €7,500.
These prices were led by a call of €11,200 for the sale topping Kilduff Rockstar. This powerful 13-month-old bull had been ticked off in a number of buyers catalogues, and after heated bidding was eventually knocked down to Claire Ferris and Peter McCague from Co Down. Sired by the famous Doonally New, Rockstar is out of a Pirate dam that goes back to Kilduff Tazmin. Carrying five stars on all the terminal traits, the powerful young bull carried one copy each of the Q204X and F94L genes.