County Longford Ploughing Championships will be launched tonight in Granard

Jimmy Connell, aka Jimmy's Jests, trying his hand at the celebrity Ploughing at the 2022 County Longford Ploughing Championships Picture: Frank McGrathplaceholder image
Jimmy Connell, aka Jimmy's Jests, trying his hand at the celebrity Ploughing at the 2022 County Longford Ploughing Championships Picture: Frank McGrath

Longford Ploughing Association will host a media and launch night on Thursday, March 2 in Clancy's, Main Street, Granard at 8pm.

Plans to recreate the fantastic atmosphere of the exceptionally successful Ploughing hosted last year by John and Helen Kiernan at Carragh, will be announced on the evening.

This year's big event is being hosted by Sean Donohoe on Sunday, March 26 on his land at Cartron, just a short walk from Granard town.

Charlie Burns Agricultural Consultant and John V Donohoes will team up as joint main sponsors for Ploughing 2023.

Call into Clancy's on Thursday night and meet the team behind the biggest outdoor Springtime ploughing festival in Ireland.

Ploughing chairperson Barry White welcomes all Ploughing 2023 sponsors and exhibitors to the launch, for a chat, some refreshments and promotional photos.

The full programme for an exciting afternoon of ploughing, music and family entertainment, is being presented.

The big exhibition and trade show returns, with outdoor dancefloor, dancing competitions and in addition, after a lapse of three years, full details of the return of The Queen of the Plough Dance will be unveiled.

Keep up to date via the Longford Ploughing Facebook page, or call into the promotional meeting on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm in The Crossroads Inn Lisryan.

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