National Ploughing Championships cancelled

‘Disappointment all round but health and safety must come first’
National Ploughing Championships cancelled

Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world attend Ireland's National Ploughing Championships every year. Picture: Leah Farrell, RollingNews.ie

The 2021 National Ploughing Championships have been cancelled.

In a statement this morning, Director of the National Ploughing Association (NPA) Anna May McHugh said the decision has brought with it “massive disappointment” as its the second year in a row that the event has not gone ahead.

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