The massive event returns to Laois in September.
Preparations for this year's National Ploughing Championships are well under way.
The annual agri-event returns to Ratheniska in Laois from September 17th until the 19th.
The National Ploughing Association says the preparations are getting earlier every year, with tracking due to be laid from July 10th.
Assistant Managing Director of the NPA, Anna Marie McHugh, says they're building essentially a town:
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