Aisling Holton ploughing on through adversity for her family and Kildare

The national ploughing championships were held not too far away in Screggan during the week but around Cloona, Johnstownbridge, Kilglass, Broadford, Carbury and the general west of Kildare, the most important ploughing occasion of the year takes place tomorrow week.

The highlight of the Holton Family Ploughing Event will be when 13 brothers and two sisters will set a new world record for the number of siblings ploughing simultaneously.

It will be poignant, as the occasion is being run in conjunction with the Shamrock Car and Machinery Club, having originally been the brainchild of Paddy Holton, who was a member and late brother of the record-breakers.