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06 Sept 2025

MEMORY LANE IN PICTURES: Great craic at the ploughing in Laois

We dug into our archives and found these great photos of Laois hosting the National Ploughing Championships, seven years ago in 2015.

Have a look and see who was there. The championships and the World Ploughing Championships take place in Ratheniska next Tuesday to Thursday, September 20 to 22, with a record 300,000 to 450,000 number of people estimated to be coming from far and wide to Laois. Click on NEXT below image for more photographs. 

 

'Carbon Monoxide is Lethal as Hell': Pictured at the Gas Networks Ireland stand at the 2015 National Ploughing Championships were Eva Whelan (10), Paul Booth (16), and Conor Whelan (16) from Co. Laois with Tommy McAnairey helping to educate visitors about the lethal gas carbon monoxide.

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