Ploughing fans have booked out Co Carlow B&Bs

FARMERS will take over Co Carlow at the end of September, The National Ploughing Association have revealed.

All of the registered accommodation in the county was booked out, 10 weeks before the National Championships at Tullow will take place on September 28, 29, and 30.

Now, the Association's volunteers are diverting enquiries to unregistered accommodation, or directing the expected attendance of 150,000 to the nearest accommodation in surrounding counties.