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The National Ploughing Championships are set to return to familiar fields next year with organisers confirming Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly as the venue for the huge event.
In 2024, more than 244,000 people attended the annual three-day event in Ratheniska, Co Laois - the Ploughing's home for the last four years and many times prior.
Next year, the Ploughing will return to Screggan on September 16, 17, and 18. Screggan last hosted the annual event for three consecutive years, from 2016 to 2018, on the late Joe Grogan's lands. His wife, Lisa Flaherty Grogan, will host the 2025 event with additional lands being made available for ploughing and parking from many neighbouring farmers.
Managing director of the National Ploughing Champions, Anna May McHugh, said: “There will be many of the old favourite elements to the programme but also some new attractions in 2025.”
Organisers say the three-day event is set to "bring millions into the local economy mainly through the hospitality industry but also utilising many local services in order to build an event that requires upwards of 700 acres".
The 2025 National Ploughing Championships will take place in Screggan, Co Offaly from September 16-18 2025.
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