Philip Noone with his father’s horse Jimmy’s Crusheen Breeze(Coolcronan Wood), champion mare at the IDHBA Galway branch show in Ballinasloe.

Padraig Bohan and sons Paul and Kian with Gortfadda Ruby Kingdom at the Athlone Show. The Bohan family have drystock cattle and Irish Draughts on their farm in Mohill. Paul and Kian took part in the Next Gen Herefords initiative of rearing and selling a weanling with the proceeds going to charity. They raised €3,220 for a local Alzheimer’s unit.

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon pictured during the official opening of the Bannow and Rathangan Show last July.

Judge Cormac O’Rourke and Margaret Jeffares, Good Food Ireland and owner-breeder of Ballykelly Jasmine (Gortfree Hero). The Horse Sport Ireland broodmare champion at the Charleville Show also went on to become the overall traditional champion at the Limerick Show last year.

You can’t farm much further west than Louisburgh where Davy O’Toole keeps his Irish Draughts, including the All-Ireland two-year-old Irish Draught filly champion at Limerick, Lady Willow Breeze. This special mare also won at Louisburgh and the IDHS National Show. Pictured here with Amy Phelan and owner-breeder Davy O’Toole.