and a table full of merchandise alongside it. The Sheep Shepherd Glyn Egan, Kilgarvan, Co Kerry with a Texel Ram on day two of the National Ploughing Championships at Ratheniska, Co Laois.

You could spend your time wandering around the vast temporary town that is the National Ploughing Championships and never see what the whole event is supposed to be about. The competitors are ...

Not enough, mind you, to dampen the spirits of those at the National Ploughing Championships, but sufficient to encourage rural folk on a day off as to the merits of visiting Lynch's Bar.

A survey asking people their reasons for not having previously attended the National Ploughing Championships turned up some interesting answers Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for ...

Europe's largest outdoor event, the National Ploughing Championships, is kicking off in TullamoreSome 300,000 people expected to attend todayHeavy rain expected to fall so revellers urged to bring ...

The National Ploughing Championship take place in the grounds of Rockwell College in County Tipperary. The high attendance at this year's championship is reflective of the growing number of ...

Michelle O'Neill (centre) with Jonathan Crawford and Samantha Crawford from Lisburn-based Mastercraft Ireland The Irish National Ploughing Championships is "a great place to do business", Stormont ...

That's how David Gilliland from the Ulster Scots Agency describes the National Ploughing Championships - comparing them to the annual Balmoral Show in Northern Ireland. Almost 100,00 people have ...

Next month Derbyshire will see over 240 ploughmen and women travel from all corners of Great Britain to take part in the British National ... World and European Ploughing Championships.