Midwest Radio paid a visit to Fergal Birrane at Killala House Stables to get an insight into the great work taking place.

Fergal Birrane is from Killala and is a licensed trainer of flat and national hunt horses. He has spent his entire life working with horses and is a qualified horse riding instructor. He has produced many horses for show jumping, the show ring, eventing and sales preparation with many years of success winning events.
He has done a lot of hunting and was Chairman of the North Mayo Harriers for 4 years. He had an amateur riding licence and rode mostly in bumpers.

Fergal is passionate about racehorses having considerable experience in sales preparation, breaking and pre-training. He first took out a national hunt licence and had a few runners. He now has a flat licence and looks forward to success with the next generation of racehorses from the historic Killala House Stables dating back to 1893.

Fergal spoke to Michael D about what he’s been up to as well as the virtual ‘Race Behind the Scenes’ week.

The inaugural ‘Race Behind the Scenes’ week, takes place from Monday 14th September-Friday 18th September, and will see 20 of Ireland’s most respected racehorse trainers and owners speak at different webinars, sharing unique behind the scenes insights about the horse racing world with members of the public who register for free on racehorseownership.ie/rbs in advance of the events.