The Dealer hears that Tullamore will be the likely venue for the 2016 National Ploughing Championships with the farm of Joe Grogan at Screggan, Mucklagh, being examined by the National Ploughing Association (NPA) team, and lead by Anna May McHugh. Grogan’s farm is intersected by the N52 road between Tullamore and Birr at the Mucklagh bypass. The farm is a dry one with extensive sand deposits, so should be well able for whatever the 2016 weather might throw at it.