Information about
  Pallaskenry Agricultural College

• College Farm Enterprises
• Workshop Facilities
• Computer Room and Classrooms
• Accommodation
• Recreational/sports facilities

Milking Parlour

Land area is 209ha (516 acres)

Dairy herd 190 Pedigree Holstein Friesian Cows Average yield is 2300 gallons Liquid milk supplied to Dawn Dairies	Dairy shed Dairy unit built in 1992 200 cubicles 24 unit Alfa Laval parlour
Beef cattle 100 cattle reared to beef annually	Beef Shed
Suckler Unit A new suckler unit  was completed in 2003	Calf House
Sheep 320 ewe flock including 100 early lambing ewes	Sheep unit Sheep unit
Cow Shed	Suckler Unit
Hedging Cutting Course	Calving Unit with slurry storage tank in the background (700,000 gallons)

Three workshops are used for student practicals and projects.

• The Welding Workshop which contains 12 arc welders, 2 MIG welders and 2 gas welders.

• A purpose built shed - 3600sq ft - is used for practicals involving tractors, balers, silage harvesters. The Machinery students tractor based projects are completed here.

• The Engineering Workshop where all gearbox, engine and lathe practicals are carried out. 

Computer Room and Classrooms

The College Computer laboratory contains 20 state of the art computers which are networked to each other. Each computer has access to the Internet and E-mail contains the full Office program.. A Data Projection system is used to demonstrate such programs.

It is our aim to ensure that every student is computer literate upon leaving Pallaskenry College. The computer room is open for student use in the evening/night-time.

Classroom Facilities

The Agriculture Course classroom.

Accommodation

Pallaskenry offers high quality, newly refurbished accommodation to its students. There are 16 single rooms and the remainder are double rooms.

Recreational/sports facilities

Pallaskenry College has a range of facilities available to the student,

Information technology center

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