Jack Ronan (grandad of five-year-old Charlie Ronan) and Aidan Kennedy at the opening meet of the Tipperary Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Sophie Halley and Charlie Ronan (5) at their first opening meet with the Tipperary Foxhounds at Fethard \ Catherine Power

Gavin Shorten huntsman of the Tipperary Foxhounds sails over Halley’s bank \ Catherine Power

Avril Carroll jumps with style on her lovely coloured horse with the Tipperary Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Aidan Fogarty MFH and Field master leads the field over Halley’s bank with the Tipperary Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Hound lover Eleanor Reilly at the opening meet of the Tipperary Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Ashling Fitzell Hunt Sec with her dad Pat Fitzell at the Tipperary Foxhounds opening meet Fethard \ Catherine Power

Marita Dunne with her daughters Rosita and Nadine at Meath Foxhounds's opening meet at Ardbraccan House \ Mark Wiseman

Dara Reynolds enjoying the opening meet with the North Galway Foxhounds at Belclare \ Maura Morrin

Flying without wings! New master Galway Foxhounds Maria McNamara learing a wall in side saddle at the opening meet in Belclare \ Maura Morrin

Holly Kerrigan and her pony Brambles at Meath Foxhounds's opening meet at Ardbraccan House \ Mark Wiseman

Gael Jauvert at Meath Foxhounds's opening meet at Ardbraccan House \ Mark Wiseman

Fionn Campbell at Meath Foxhounds's opening meet at Ardbraccan House \ Mark Wiseman

Fieldmaster John Flood and Emily O'Regan at Meath Foxhounds's opening meet at Ardbraccan House \ Mark Wiseman

The happy couple Chloe Kirwan and her partner Paddy McKeon first day hunting with The Kildare Foxhounds at Punchestown \ Noel Mullins

Aaron Geoghegan out with the Galway Blazers at Greenhouse \ Alan Leonard

Harry Murphy out with the Galway Blazers at Greenhouse \ Alan Leonard