VIDEO: Secret to ploughing and hurling success? Buckets of stamina and focused approach

THE spirit behind Kilkenny’s famous All-Ireland hurling victories and the vision of those who organise the National Ploughing Championships came together in Ratheniska yesterday.

Both national events have a common requirement for participants and spectators — buckets of stamina and a focused approach.

Thousands of people again flocked to the final day of the rural pageant and many of them paid homage to the enduring triumphs of the Kilkenny hurlers and the National Ploughing Association headed by Anna May McHugh.