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04 January 2019

Irish Field Contributor on 04 Jan 2019

PICTURE DESK: Out and About

Catherine Power captured some great images from the Christmas and pre-Christmas meets of the world famous Scarteen black and tans across some of the most challenging country to be found anywhere

Irish Field Contributor

4 January 2019

Hold hard please! Val O'Connell has his work cut out for him with a very enthusiastic field following the Scarteen Hunt (Photo: Catherine Power)

John Breen, father of Shane and Trevor, with good friend trainer John Gleeson enjoying a Scarteen hunt (Photo: Catherine Power)

Kate Jarvey MFH negotiating a typical Scarteen bank (Photo: Catherine Power)

Daelyn Taylor out for his first day's hunting with the Scarteens at Longfordbridge before Christmas (Photo: Catherine Power)

The conspirators out at Lattin with the Scarteens (Photo: Catherine Power)

Erin Ryan takes on the big bank hunting with the Scarteens at Powers (Photo: Catherine Power)

Frisk Jones, whipper-in to the Scarteens, takes on a bank at Boher before Christmas (Photo: Catherine Power)

John Halligan takes on the biggest bank while out with the Scarteens on his beautiful grey (Photo: Catherine Power)

Scarteen's Eamonn Gleeson and Ken Purcell take up beagling! (Photo: Catherine Power)

Eilish McCann shows how it's done while out with the Scarteens (Photo: Catherine Power)

Youngest rider out with the Scarteens at their Longfordbridge meet, Jonty Purcell from Emly, Co Tipperary (Photo: Catherine Power)

Richard Ryan out for a day's hunting with the Scarteens at Boher before Christmas (Photo: Catherine Power)

RENOWNED hunting photographer Catherine Power captured plenty of action from the three Christmas and pre-Christmas meets of the legendary Scarteen black and tans and brings you a flavour of the action from the fields.

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