Glencullen Stables

Isn't Hamish amazing!! 😍
Made by my very talented neighbour Caoimhe in her forge. And he's for sale.

What a day! Skye looking after me so well and we won the Nutriscience AIRC pathway EI 90 at flowerhill Equestrian.

Had a lovely day on Saturday with Skye at the Ballycahane unaffiliated ODE. As always such a well organised day. Definitely one of my favourite xcountry courses to ride.

Updated calender for January-February ⬇️🗓️
Training shows/unaffiliated jumping starting next Wednesday ✅ 🕥10:30
Classes 70cm up to 1.30m @€10/round

Merry Christmas to all my clients and friends.
Wishing all of you the best in 2026

🐎 Riding Club Memberships Now Open for 2026 🐎

We’re delighted to announce that Sarsfield Riding Club membership for 2026 is now open 🎉

Membership is open to new and returning members and includes access to training, competitions, clinics, social events, and all the great camaraderie our club is known for.

📅 Membership year: 2026
📝 How to join: https://itsplainsailing.com/org/sarsfieldrc

We’re really looking forward to another fantastic year with horses, friends, and plenty of fun both in and out of the saddle 🐴✨

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.

AIRC West Midlands

I know I bang on about Glyphosate a lot, in fact I get a bit tired of talking about it. But it just keeps raising its ugly head everywhere I look, and I mean that quite literally. Thankfully after a year of not being out cycling I am back cycling again, and I see a lot of the local countryside. I don’t know if it is in the budget or something, like the local councils using up their financial budgets before the end of the year, so it is not cut for the next year, of if there are just loads of half empty Roundup cans lying around the place and people feel they need to use them, but there seems to be a proliferation in the use of Roundup on the side of the roads here in Galway. Is it the same where you are? Is this an Irish tradition (one we need to drop may I add) or does it happen in your country too? Anyway, recently on a relatively long cycle I came across a patch of roadway, up until this point I was really enjoying the countryside, the boreen I was on was beautiful, wild green and just all round lovely, but then all of a sudden, bang, everything was dead, everything. Iridescent horrible yellow, dead grass, trees, bushes, flowers all dead or dying and this wasn’t just a patch in a gate this was I would reckon a good kilometre of roadway maybe more on both sides. It was nothing short of devastating. So, I ask you why in the name of God, would you do this? I could maybe half understand the logic of trying to increase visibility around a dangerous bend (but surely strimming would be a much more effective method, certainly would be much more environmentally sustainable, and you are much less likely to get cancer) but why on a straight road? Why? There is no reason on the planet that I can think of to do this, it is just something I cannot get my head round. This is public property so what right does anybody have to go out and spread a probable carcinogenic chemical on our land? Glyphosate is toxic to land, it is still being pushed by its manufacturers (it is worth billions), it is still being used as standard in tillage and non-organic horticulture, it clears the land prior to planting. This is not ok. Did you know up until 2023 this systemic (this means it gets absorbed into the plant and stays in the plant) probable carcinogen was sprayed on wheat prior to harvest, prior to milling wheat into flour, prior to using flour in our bread. Thankfully this desiccation of wheat crops has been banned by the EU, thank the EU for that one. This practice is still commonplace in the UK, thank Brexit for that one. Roundup or Glyphosate is sprayed on Soya, in fact 82% of the worlds soya crop is GMO, and get this, and this is mind blowing, it is genetically engineered to be more resistant to roundup, so more and more glyphosate is sprayed on soya, and guess where all this soya ends up, and no the answer is not vegans! No, it ends up as animal feed mainly to feed cows, and Irish cows are not immune to munching on GMO, glyphosate drenched soya pellets either. Unbelievably all the packs of nuts for cow’s state if the product is GMO or not, as they say it pays to always read the label, it’s a pity the cows can’t read I guess. Anyway, on that note if it wasn’t getting too dark (the evening not the blog that is) I would be off for another cycle, but maybe it would be better in the dark, and I wouldn’t see any of those Roundup destroyed verges, and my mind could find peace! 😊 As always thank you supporting our organic family farm and others like us. Kenneth