After a bright start, the weather held up for the day at the Tullamore Show and AIB National Livestock Show 2017.
€175,000 - the prize fund at the 2017 show where Irelands finest pedigree, commercial and dairy cattle competed for the gold medals on offer.
60,000+ – over 60,000 people attended this year’s Tullamore Show, a record number.
20,000 - the number of free car parking spaces.
2,000 - the cattle and sheep that were on the site on the day.
1,000 - the competitions and gold medals, sashes and rosettes.
700 - how many trade stands were booked into this year’s show.
250 - the acres on the Butterfield Estate in Tullamore where the show is held.
12 - the months it took to organise Ireland’s premier livestock show.
4 - the kilometres of trackways that were laid down.
1 - alpaca shorn at the 2017 Tullamore Show.
In pictures: crowds descend on Tullamore Show 2017
'Real heroes of Tullamore Show are the farmers and volunteers'
SHARING OPTIONS