Visit the Kissane Sheep Farm
| 02 October 2008
Adoptive Parents Enjoy Privileges
In return for the support Adoptive Parents give to their sheep, John and Anne Kissane open up their farm for them. They gladly invite Adoptive Parents to visit the farm and grant them the following privileges: (Other visitors pay an entrance fee.)
- Meet the mountain sheep in their natural environment and have a cup of tea at the farm
- Sheepdog demonstration
- Sheep shearing demonstration
- Cuddle and bottle feed orphaned lambs
- Make one of the three marked walks over the farm land:
- Picnic Walk (½ hour) to Picnic Area with magnificent views of the Black Valley and the Macgillycuddy's Reeks with Carrauntoohill, Ireland's highest mountain.
- Moll's Gap walk (1½ hours), passing the Picnic Area and going along the Owenreagh River and unique bogland area known as Eirk bog
- Mountain walk (2 hours) to loch Eirk, a fresh water lake up in the mountains where you can enjoy the silence and beauty of the surroundings with views of the Kenmare Bay.
- Receive by e-mail our regular Newsletter with information about the sheep, lambs, sheepdogs and interesting activities on our farm.
Adoptive Parents also get a discount on other activities that are organized on the farm (Special Adoptive Parents enjoy these activities for free):
- Puzzle Walk
- Treasure Trail
- Wildlife Watching by appointment only)
- Working on the Farm (by appointment only)
- Gathering of sheep in the mountains together with the sheepdogs
- Helping with the shearing
- Vaccinating the sheep
- Helping with fence repairs
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