Watch video: Traditional horse ploughing proves a big draw at  ploughing championships

The county ploughing championships were held on the Hanley family farm in Fuerty
Watch video: Traditional horse ploughing proves a big draw at  ploughing championships

Shire houses ploughing at the county championships on the Hanley farm in Fuerty.

Traditional horse ploughing proved a big draw at Sunday’s Roscommon ploughing championships held on the Hanley family farm at Lissaneaville, Fuerty.

Horse ploughing predates mechanised farming by thousands of years and remained common across Ireland well into the early 20th century.

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