6 Of The Most Bizarre Stands At This Year’s Ploughing Championships So Far

The 85th National Ploughing Championships kicked off today in Screggan, Co. Offally, with over 300,000 farmers, families and punters in general expected to show up.

Contrary to what the name suggests, there’s quite a bit more than a ploughing competition to entertain the masses: cookery demos with the Happy Pear twins, all the free food you can shake a stick at, meet n’greets with Irish Olympians and of course, the annual tractor football game.

Anything you can imagine, really.

The best part of the annual Ploughing Championships though, has to be the signs, which get weirder every year. A few of our faves so far…

1. This guess-how-many-crisps-in-the-tractor competition to win a year’s supply of er, crisps

This is Ed trying to stuff the last few bags in the cab. Oh the excitement @NPAIE stand 720 pic.twitter.com/rUJ7nkbxk0

— O’ Donnells Crisps (@odonnellscrisps) September 20, 2016

 

2. This lifesize cut-out of Marty Morrissey

Ah @MartyM_RTE we have to stop meeting like this! #Ploughing16 pic.twitter.com/Fd4f2rHOCH

— Sinead Gaynor (@sineadgaynor) September 20, 2016

 

3. This ‘The Pope Goes To Hollywood’ sign from the Jesuits

Even the pope made it today #Ploughing16 pic.twitter.com/H0TRjCiiKR

— Denis O’Donovan (@odonovandenism) September 20, 2016

 

4. This Olympics reference from the Irish Cattle And Sheep Association

ICSA pulling like a dog from farmers everyday #Ploughing16 #ICSAIreland pic.twitter.com/6uiZK3110i

— ICSA (@ICSAIreland) September 20, 2016

 

5. The fact that Irish Water are present there at all. CAREFUL NOW.

One of the braver stands at the #Ploughing16 pic.twitter.com/xVZaQdWdJx

— Sinead Ryan (@sinead_ryan) September 20, 2016

 

6. And this imposing welcoming poster of our man Enda.

You wouldn’t miss the @FineGael tent anyway #Ploughing16 pic.twitter.com/CcUGCBBPXm

— Sean Defoe (@SeanDefoe) September 20, 2016

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