Vintage Charleville show to celebrate single cylinder tractors

THE single cylinder tractor, which helped to modernise Irish farming, is to be given a new lease of life at this year’s Charleville Show.

Owners of these vintage machines from all over Ireland and Britain will travel to the town on June 26 and 27 in a bid to create a world record.

The aim is to have more than 172 tractors with their engines running at the same time in a 15-acre field. It will all form part of the show’s vintage rally where a fleet of lorries will be among the attractions.