Farm Focus with FBD: It happened at the Ploughing... 20 years of tales from the trenches

From Rathcoole, Co Cork, in 1968, to Screggan, Co Offaly, Ray Ryan has seen it all and enjoyed it

Farm Focus with FBD: It happened at the Ploughing... 20 years of tales from the trenches
Thu, 13 Sep, 2018 - 02:00

From Rathcoole, Co Cork, in 1968, to Screggan, Co Offaly, Ray Ryan has seen it all and enjoyed it

Bouts of amnesia, edible creepy crawlies, and a flyaway blimp, are just some of the more bizarre memories I have from years of reporting from the National Ploughing Championships.

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CourtsFarm Focus with FBDPlace: RathcoolePlace: Co CorkPlace: ScregganPlace: Co OffalyPlace: BallycarneyPlace: FernsPlace: Rathcoole, Co CorkPlace: DublinPlace: CorkPlace: RatheniskaPlace: Co LaoisPerson: Ray RyanPerson: Anna May McHughPerson: President Mary McAleesePerson: Paul DunicanPerson: MissusEvent: National Ploughing ChampionshipsEvent: Ploughing ChampionshipsOrganisation: FBDOrganisation: Wexford County CouncilOrganisation: NPA
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