Sheep tick evident around Ireland (6)
I believe the answer is:
merino
'sheep' is the definition.
(breed of sheep)
'tick evident around ireland' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'around' could be 'o' (a round letter) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'ireland' could be 'erin' (poetic name for Ireland) and 'erin' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'm' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for merino that I've seen before include "Breed of sheep with fine wool" , "Sheep with fine soft wool" , "Sheep with fine quality fleece" , "Australian sheep" , "Sheep from Spain with a heavy quality fleece" .)