Thursday, Apr. 17, 2025

Clifden Connemara Pony Sales Showcase the Equine Gems of the Emerald Isle

Now in its 21st year, the wildly successful sale moves some 2,000 ponies annually.

When founders Padraic Heanue and John Sweeney first conceived the idea of a small sale of Ireland’s much-loved Connemara ponies during the annual Clifden Connemara Pony Show in 1990, they had no idea it would lead to two decades of involvement in what has become Ireland’s biggest sales of these native ponies.

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