Up to 300,000 people are expected to attend the Irish National Ploughing Championships in County Laois.
Neatness, tidiness and straightness will be among judges' criteria at the Irish National Ploughing Championships, which opened at Ratheniska, in County Laois, on Tuesday.
Competitors from 28 countries are taking part in the three-day event, which was officially opened by Irish President Michael D Higgins.It is the first of its kind in the Republic of Ireland since the pandemic. The 900-acre site at Ratheniska is playing host to 1,700 trade stalls, together with machinery displays, livestock and ploughing competitions.Image source,"The event is huge," William King, president of the Northern Ireland Ploughing Association, told BBC Radio Ulster.
"It's a wonderful event, coming after a two-year-lapse, and the amount of competitors that have come from all over the world certainly brings back the agricultural industry, not only in Ireland but in Northern Ireland."
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