Ireland set to host World Ploughing Contest in 2034

It will be the 80th anniversary of the event being first held on the island of Ireland in 1954, when Killarney was the venue. That was also the first time the Contest was staged in Europe
Ireland set to host World Ploughing Contest in 2034

NPA Managing Director Anna May McHugh with world champion ploughmen Eamonn Tracey from Carlow and Jer Coakley from West Cork at the National Ploughing Championships launch on site at Ratheniska Photos: Alf Harvey

The 2034 World Ploughing Contest has been provisionally allocated to the Republic of Ireland.

It will be the 80th anniversary of the event being first held on the island of Ireland in 1954, when Killarney was the venue. That was also the first time the Contest was staged in Europe.

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