The Frawley family - (l-r) Katrina, Sadie, Nelly, Derrick, Ben, Patrick, Harry and Breda - pictured on their farm at Croagh, Co Limerick where they received the IHFA/National Dairy Show Cow of the Decade award.
Now deceased, Portea’s legacy includes 18 registered outstanding offspring through ET, 10 of which are within the Croagh Holstein Herd which she joined in 2008.
Offspring
“She has bred a fantastic line of cows in our herd,” says Derrick Frawley, who is now running the 200-cow herd with his father, Pat. “We have about ten of her offspring in the herd at present and they are one of the best families of cows that we have.”