Ireland

Dark brown and piebald sheep grazing on a coastal hillside with the sea and cloudy sky behind.

Sheep grazing above the coast. Ireland.

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) A small group of dark brown and piebald domestic sheep grazing on a coastal hillside, their mottled fleeces standing out against the green. Sheep are grazed on hills and headlands throughout coastal Ireland, thriving on rough pasture in all weather. Modeled range · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 Wikipedia | iNaturalist | Range map

A large flock of white sheep grazing across flat green Irish pasture under a blue sky.

Flock of sheep. Ireland.

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) A flock of grazing domestic sheep, several marked with colored raddle (crayon) patches used to track breeding and ownership. Sheep farming is central to Irish agriculture, and flocks like this graze open pasture year-round across the country. Modeled range · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 Wikipedia | iNaturalist | Range map

Stocky brown-and-white sheep with a black face standing alone on bright green pasture above the Cliffs of Moher

Sheep, Cliffs of Moher

📍 Cliffs of Moher, Ireland Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) Black-faced and shaggy-coated, this is likely a Scottish Blackface cross — the breed that has grazed Ireland’s Atlantic cliffs for centuries, bred to handle wet, windy hillsides where other livestock won’t thrive. Scottish Blackface and their crosses are the most common sheep along the west coast of Ireland, grazing year-round on the exposed karst and cliff-top pastures of County Clare. Modeled range · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 Wikipedia | iNaturalist | Range map