Ireland had on March 31, 2022 a number of 15973 dairy herds. Together they had 1649362 dairy cows. A number of 1429 herds housed more than 200 cows; 4769 herds had 100 to 200 cows; 6176 herds had 50 to 100 cows; 2644 herds had 25 to 50 cows and 955 herds had 1 to 25 cows.( Source: Irisch Department of Agriculture.)