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12 January 2018

Irish Field Contributor on 12 Jan 2018

PICTURE DESK: Out and About

We bring you great hunting images of horses enjoying the countryside

Irish Field Contributor

12 January 2018

Former huntsman Damien Farrell returned to action last Sunday to hunt the Streamstown Harriers from Ballymore as regular huntsman James Lowry was sidelined through illness (Photo: Siobhan English Photography)

Eoin Nugent (10) in action with the East Clare Harriers from Whitegate (Photo: Rachel Woolett)

Max Pitman, honorary whipper-in on Mary, a Traditional Irish Hunter, hunting with the Puckeridge Foxhounds (Photo: Noel Mullins)

Two traditional Irish hunters, ridden by Suzie Harrison and Puckeridge Foxhounds joint-master Karen Fiske, at the Puckeridge meet at The Catherine Wheel Pub in Albury (Photo: Noel Mullins)

Gillian McCarthy takes on a wall in style when out hunting with the Co Clare Hunt at their meet from Bunratty Castle on New Year's Day (Photo: Catherine Power)

Edel McMahon shows the way to followers when out hunting with the County Clare Hunt at their Bunratty Castle meet on New Year's Day (Photo: Catherine Power)

County Clare Hunt huntsman Declan Moran jumping a wall at the Bunratty meet on New Year's Day (Photo: Catherine Power)

A loose horse makes its own way to the rest of the field at the Leitrim Harriers Hunt in Tooman (Photo: Karen Greene)

Michael Tuite, whipper in for the Leitrim Harriers, clearing a fallen tree at thier Tooman meet (Photo: Karen Greene)

Abagh Harten gets plenty of clearance in Tooman while out hunting with the Leitrim Harriers (Photo: Karen Greene)

James Mee, huntsman with the Leitrim Harriers, leads his pack through the bog lanes of Tooman (Photo: Karen Greene)

Gemma Donoghue out hunting with her mare with the County Down hunt recently (Photo: Trisha Donoghue)

HUNTING is alive and well with horses enjoying the countryside everywhere as our great gallery of images from the field portrays.

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