The Galway Sheep is a breed of domestic sheep from Ireland. It was originated from Galway, in the west of Ireland. And the breed is named from it’s origin place. It is actually a result of the importation of English Longwools from the late 17th century onwards. The Improved Leicester was exported to Ireland in large numbers from the middle of eighteenth century. The new breed was known as the Roscommon for many years which was developed, and a Flock Book was established in the year of 1895 (surviving until at least the 1920s). The Roscommon sheep was actually a

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