Sheepish type of medic touring Ireland (6)
I believe the answer is:
merino
'sheepish type' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'medic touring ireland' is the wordplay.
'medic' becomes 'mo' (medical officer).
'touring' means one lot of letters goes inside another (touring can mean going round).
'ireland' becomes 'erin' (poetic name for Ireland).
'mo' placed around 'erin' is 'MERINO'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for merino that I've seen before include "The sheep provides fine wool" , "Sheep from Spain with a heavy quality fleece" , "Fine-wool sheep" , "Fine woollen yarn" , "Australian sheep" .)