Around the country in pictures this week

This week our photographers were in Ballymena, Lisburn and Keady

Photo Desk

7 December 2016

Around the country in pictures this week

Christmas photo competition: We want you to send us your festive photos to be in with a chance to win an Irish Farmers Journal hamper worth over €150. The theme is festive: We want to see jolly animals, santa hats, joyous children, Christmas lights and baubles – The sky is the limit! You can send your photos to readerspics@farmersjournal.ie or Tweet us @IFJ_picturedesk. The winner will be announced online on 23rd December and we will do a round-up of our best entries in the following week’

Friends Will Jones from Gorey, Co Wexford, and Mannis Murphy from Evergreen, Co Carlow, before the start of the Winter Fair.\ Houston Green

Richard Jones and Eleanor O’Neill, both from Saintfield, washing their cattle during the preparations for the Winter Fair. \ Houston Green

Alan Farlow from Garvagh with his children Alana (9) and Andrew (6) at the Gleno YFC Christmas Fatstock Show and Sale in Ballymena. \ Houston Green

Calum, Marty and Kiera Carr at the Christmas Show and Sale, Keady. \ Houston Green

Owen Loughrin Cookstown with the Butcher’s Best Champion, at the Gleno YFC Christmas Fatstock Show and Sale, Ballymena. \ Houston Green

READERS PHOTO: Caomhan McLoughlin from Aughnacliffe, Co Longford keeps an eye on farming progress. You can send your photos to readerspics@farmersjournal.ie or Tweet us @IFJ_picturedesk

You can send us your photos to readerspics@farmersjournal.ie or Tweet us @IFJ_picturedesk