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Rose of Tralee Sinead Flanagan is no stranger to the National Ploughing Championships, having a farming father from Roscommon and being a former ag science student.
Rose of Tralee AND has an Ag background ?? @RoseofTralee_ @NPAIE #Ploughing19 #thisisfarming pic.twitter.com/Gg6JdMC2fD
— Farmers Journal (@farmersjournal) September 17, 2019
The Limerick lady says she’s looking forward to her time at this year’s Ploughing in Carlow and meeting some of the 80,000-strong crowd expected to arrive on Tuesday.
Early start
Queues of up to 300 people were waiting at the gates to get in ahead of the 8am opening time.
Some of the first people through the gates were father and daughter Tommy and Sinéad Connolly.
First people at the Ploughing- Hannah Quinn Mulligan speaks to Sínead and Tommy Connolly from Skibbereen in Co Cork who travelled three hours to the National Ploughing Championships in Co Carlow ???? #Ploughing19 @NPAIE pic.twitter.com/istOrhR38S
— Farmers Journal (@farmersjournal) September 17, 2019
They made the long journey from Skibbereen, Co Cork, to be first in.
Sinéad said she was looking forward to the free biros on offer!
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