Where is shirgar butter made?
Carmarthenshire
Now Shirgar Welsh Butter is back home in Wales, being freshly churned and packed in its home county of Carmarthenshire by Gower View Foods Ltd at Cross Hands Food Park.
What does Shirgar mean?
/ˈʃɜːɡɑː(r)/ /ˈʃɜːrɡɑːr/ a very successful racehorse.
Why is Welsh butter salty?
“We live in an Atlantic climate with heavy rainfall, so there is salt in the grass that our livestock eat, and it affects the flavour of the meat too. “The Welsh economy was founded on manual labour such as mining and farming, and sweating during physical work would increase the appetite for salt.
Who makes Shirgar butter?
Gower View Foods Ltd
Churned and packed by: Gower View Foods Ltd, Carmarthenshire.
What did happened to Shergar?
Shergar was stolen from the Aga Khan’s stud farm by an armed gang on 8 February 1983. He said that very soon after the theft, Shergar had panicked and damaged his leg, which led to him being killed by the gang. An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph concluded that the horse was shot four days after the theft.
Why did the IRA kidnap Shergar?
He was born in Kildare in 1978 and kidnapped by an armed gang in 1983. It was believed Shergar – valued at £10m – was taken by the IRA, which was short of money and looking for new sources of funding. He was expected to be a source of profit for the syndicate which owned him.
Did shergar ever get found?
Shergar’s body has never been recovered or identified; it is likely that the body was buried near Aughnasheelin, near Ballinamore, County Leitrim. In honour of Shergar, the Shergar Cup was inaugurated in 1999. His story has been made into two screen dramatisations, several books and two documentaries.
Did shergar sire any foals?
Shergar sired 35 foals, including Authaal, who was bought as a yearling by Sheikh Mohammed for Ir3,100,000gns and went on to win the Irish St Leger, and Maysoon, who won the Fred Darling Stakes and reached the places in the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks.
What really happened to Shergar?
Shergar was machine gunned to death. There was blood everywhere and the horse even slipped on his own blood. There was lots of cussin’ and swearin’ because the horse wouldn’t die. It was a very bloody death.
Did shergar ever lose a race?
Shergar (3 March 1978 – c. February 1983) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After a very successful season in 1981 he was retired to the Ballymany Stud in County Kildare, Ireland….
| Shergar | |
|---|---|
| Breeder | HH Aga Khan IV |
| Owner | HH Aga Khan IV |
| Trainer | Michael Stoute |
| Record | 8: 6–1–0 |