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National Ploughing Championships to return to Ratheniska in 2015

The National Ploughing Championships is set to return to Ratheniska, Co Laois in 2015. It will ma...
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15.31 12 Oct 2014


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National Ploughing Championships to return to Ratheniska in 2015

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The National Ploughing Championships is set to return to Ratheniska, Co Laois in 2015.

It will mark the third time the event has taken place at the site near Stradbally.

The site has proved popular for several reasons, including its central location and surrounding road and rail network.

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Attendance figures for this year's Ploughing were record breaking.

At just under 280,000 people, it marks the most successful year in the event's history and an increase of more than 51,000 on 2013's figures.

The National Ploughing Championships return next year from September 22nd–24th.

Speaking about the decision to return to Ratheniska, the event's director Anna May McHugh said, "feedback from landowners, the local community and the wider public has been very positive and all were incredibly enthusiastic to see a return.

"By and large most people travelled to the site with ease and the minimum of traffic delays. This has certainly helped the event in being such a success this year and we hope to repeat this again in 2015," she added.


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