Organisers expect today's crowd to be the largest of the three days.
Competitors from 25 countries will take to their ploughs today, as the second day of the annual world championships in Laois gets underway.
Organisers expect today's crowd to be the largest of the three days, with around 300,000 people estimated to visit the site in Ratheniska this week.
20 year old Lorna Byrne from Laois is among those in the National Competition.
She says she has the plough oiled up and ready to go:
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