“Mam, you wait here. I will see if I can skip the queue”
A young girl tells her mother to stay out as she tries to gain access to the Canning Hurleys stand to meet Joe Canning.
“Ah lads, is there anyone at all for the polysticks?”
A young man selling polysticks outside his stand was getting frustrated at the lack of sales that morning.
“Jesus there was no need for wellies here at all”
A man on the phone to his wife giving out about how hot the weather is. Evidently this was day one.
“Do you have any ID at all no?”
A very young looking man says to another young looking man before both were turned away from the bar.
“You are knackered but you don’t want to stop”
A young couple say to each other, unwilling to give in to fatigue as they look around.
“Have we seen everything up this side have we?”
Possibly the most overheard collection of words at the ploughing.
“Oh my god, look at the wellies on Mossy”
A group of friends poking fun at an unusual pair of wellingtons their friend was wearing.
”Are you alright?” – father
”Do I look alright?” – daughter
A young girl who was drowned wet angrily reacts to her father's concern.
”Farming is finished”
Two older suckler farmers mull over where they see farming going.
”Great part of the world”
Nevin Maguire had a suspiciously similar response when those he questioned told him where they were from. Credit to him. Few could entertain and cook better then Nevin.
I knew it was too good to be true
A steward turns to another steward as they stand shelter-less with the rain pouring. I presume they were drawing comparisons to Tuesday’s sunshine.
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“Mam, you wait here. I will see if I can skip the queue”
A young girl tells her mother to stay out as she tries to gain access to the Canning Hurleys stand to meet Joe Canning.
“Ah lads, is there anyone at all for the polysticks?”
A young man selling polysticks outside his stand was getting frustrated at the lack of sales that morning.
“Jesus there was no need for wellies here at all”
A man on the phone to his wife giving out about how hot the weather is. Evidently this was day one.
“Do you have any ID at all no?”
A very young looking man says to another young looking man before both were turned away from the bar.
“You are knackered but you don’t want to stop”
A young couple say to each other, unwilling to give in to fatigue as they look around.
“Have we seen everything up this side have we?”
Possibly the most overheard collection of words at the ploughing.
“Oh my god, look at the wellies on Mossy”
A group of friends poking fun at an unusual pair of wellingtons their friend was wearing.
”Are you alright?” – father
”Do I look alright?” – daughter
A young girl who was drowned wet angrily reacts to her father's concern.
”Farming is finished”
Two older suckler farmers mull over where they see farming going.
”Great part of the world”
Nevin Maguire had a suspiciously similar response when those he questioned told him where they were from. Credit to him. Few could entertain and cook better then Nevin.
I knew it was too good to be true
A steward turns to another steward as they stand shelter-less with the rain pouring. I presume they were drawing comparisons to Tuesday’s sunshine.
Read more
Watch: Ploughing 2017’s very first visitors
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