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12 January 2018

Irish Field Contributor on 12 Jan 2018

PICTURE DESK: Out and about

Great images from the Ballymacad Foxhounds and the South County Dublin Hunt

Irish Field Contributor

12 January 2018

Martin Flynn in full flight laying the drag scent for the South County Dublin meet at Blackchurch (Photo: Sagittarian Photography)

Mark Tracey sails over a big ditch at the South County Dublin Hunt at Blackchurch (Photo: Sagittarian Photography)

Master of the Ballymacads Ken Farrelly at the Billis meet (Photo: Mark Wiseman)

Colm Tully sits tight at the Ballymacads meet at Billis (Photo: Mark Wiseman)

Look no hands! Eoin Clinton finds himself with no reins at the Ballinlough meet (Photo: Mark Wiseman)

Colette Keogh of the Ballymacads at their meet in Ballinlough (Photo: Mark Wiseman)

Kevin Donohue, huntsman of the Ballymacad Foxhounds, now in his 20th season, hunting at Ballinlough (Photo: Mark Wiseman)

Edel McMahon, Gillian McCarthy, Caroline Considine and David McCarthy at the Co Clare Hunt's Bunratty Castle meet on New Year's Day (Photo Catherine Power)

Jim Arthur jumping a wall with the Co Clare Hunt at their Bunratty Castle meet on New Year's Day (Photo: Catherine Power)

Pictured at the Co Clare Hunt meet at Bunratty Castle were Sean Moran, huntsman Declan Moran, Mikey Jones and William Lynch on New Year's Day (Photo Catherine Power)

THE hunting season is in full swing and the weather is allowing meets to go ahead across the country. Brien Griesel of Sagittarian Photography and Mark Wiseman bring you great images from recent meets of the South County Dublin Hunt and the Ballymacad Foxhounds in Westmeath, while Catherine Power captured the Co Clare Hunt meet from historic Bunratty Castle on New Year’s Day.

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