We dug into our archives and found these great photos of Laois hosting the National Ploughing Championships, seven years ago in 2015. Have a look and see who was there. The championships and the World Ploughing Championships take place in Ratheniska next Tuesday to Thursday, September 20 to 22, with a record 300,000 to 450,000 number of people estimated to be coming from far and wide to Laois. Click on NEXT below image for more photographs. 'Carbon Monoxide is Lethal as Hell': Pictured at the Gas Networks Ireland stand at the 2015 National Ploughing Championships were Eva Whelan (10), Paul Booth (16), and Conor Whelan (16) from Co. Laois with Tommy McAnairey helping to educate visitors about the lethal gas carbon monoxide.

placeholder image — We dug into our archives and found these great photos of Laois hosting the National Ploughing Championships, seven years ago in 2015. Have a look and see who was there. The championships and the World Ploughing Championships take place in Ratheniska next Tuesday to Thursday, September 20 to 22, with a record 300,000 to 450,000 number of people estimated to be coming from far and wide to Laois. Click on NEXT below image for more photographs. 'Carbon Monoxide is Lethal as Hell': Pictured at the Gas Networks Ireland stand at the 2015 National Ploughing Championships were Eva Whelan (10), Paul Booth (16), and Conor Whelan (16) from Co. Laois with Tommy McAnairey helping to educate visitors about the lethal gas carbon monoxide.

MEMORY LANE IN PICTURES: Great craic at the ploughing in Laois

By Lynda Kiernan

Reporter

Published 13th Sep 2022, 22:53 GMT

Updated 14th Sep 2022, 17:22 GMT

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Tap on NEXT below photograph to see more. Sean Byrne and Alan Davis busy at Ratheniska for Ploughing 2015.Picture: Alf Harvey/HRPhoto.ie

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Tap on NEXT below photograph to see more. Cork ploughman Dave Mulcahy; Anna May McHugh and judge Pat Cooney at Ratheniska for Ploughing 2015.Picture: Alf Harvey/HRPhoto.ie

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Tap on NEXT below photograph to see more. Anna May McHugh is presented with a medal by French Ambassador to Ireland Jean Pierre Thebault at Ratheniska for Ploughing 2015.Picture: Alf Harvey/HRPhoto.ie

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Tap on NEXT below photograph to see more. DJ Carey, Topaz ambassador with Niall, Chloe and Darragh Ryan, Abbeyleix at Ratheniska for Ploughing 2015.Picture: Alf Harvey/HRPhoto.ie

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MEMORY LANE IN PICTURES: Great craic at the ploughing in Laois

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