Record-breaking 281,000 enjoyed last Ratheniska Ploughing

85th National Ploughing Championships in 2016 will take place at Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

As the Ploughing Championships bid goodbye to Ratheniska, Co Laois, and head next door to Co Offaly and Tullamore in 2016, organisers can look back with satisfaction on last week’s record-breaking 281,000 attendance.

Harvest delays didn’t affect the attendance from all over Ireland — including an estimated 400 bus-loads, mostly of students — and there were many present also from Britain and other EU member states.