About Us

Originally the Cairns family had farmed in the Town-land of Mullaboy and Ervy Cross for centuries, with records dating back to the late 1600's, where the family ancestors have records in the Worshipful list of Grocers London, a union for reliable farmers to trade their agriculture produce.

 

However the original Cairns home farm was sold in favor for the current site. Albert Cairns took the initiative to look to the future, and moved to Rallagh with his wife May and eldest son David in 1960, a second son was soon to follow when Kenneth was born. The farming family made the farm a hive of agricultural activity.

 

Albert was the brains behind the farm and was very forward thinking while his wife May was the backbone of the workforce. Together they made the dream team. In later years, it was May who ran the farm under her husbands instruction before his death in 2003. 

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The Cairns Family specialized in Arable (particularly potatoes), pigs (Large Whites), Sheep (Blue Leicester and Suffolks) and Beef Cattle (Herefords, Aberdeen Angus, Simmental and Sucklers). 

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Kenneth who was a keen Hereford breeder (Sperrin View) took over the farm from his Dad with his mothers backing, and support from his big brother. David who specialises in engineering was on hand to work with the farm machinery while his brother Kenneth took care of the livestock. David, who is a keen Aberdeen Angus breeder himself, married into a renowned Limousin breeding Family.

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David married Heather Clyde, daughter of Robert Clyde Templepatrick (Clyde Valley Limousins), and the two of them had a daughter Julie-Anne. Julie-Anne followed in the family footsteps and became a keen livestock woman. 

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Julie-Anne went on to have a son, "Tommy" with fellow Limousin Breeder Stephen Crawford of Crawford Brothers, Rathkeeland Herd. Needless to say that there is very strong farming credentials in Tommy's ancestry and heritage. Tommy is now the future of Sperrin View. 

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Sperrin View is now farmed by David and his daughter Julie-Anne. It wont be long until Master Tommy will be the Manager of Operations but until that day, it is run and managed by his Grandfather David. Tommy has the legacy of his Great Grand parents, Great Uncle, Grandfather and Mother behind him in his future with Sperrin View.