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22 November 2019

Irish Field Contributor on 22 Nov 2019

PICTURE DESK: Out and about

There is plenty of fun and fresh air being enjoyed in the hunting fields nationwide

Irish Field Contributor

22 November 2019

In full flight: Anna McCardle hunting with The Fingal Harriers at their meet from Man O War \ Noel Mullins

Tara Kennedy about to kick off the wall while out with the Kilmoganny Foxhounds at their opening meet \ Catherine Power

Huntsman of The Island Hunt Paul Scallan leading the pack back into Monagear village, Co Wexford at the end of the day \ Finbarr Healy

John Ellard, whipper - in to The Island Hunt, raising his hat to the rest of the hunt after he spotted a fox breaking from cover. This was within five minutes of the hunt moving off from Monagear and on the outskirts of the Co Wexford village \ Finbarr Healy

Louie O'Keeffe (4), son of Adrian and Vanessa, on his first day out on his pony. Louie said he wants to be the hunt's master when he grows up, pictured with his mother Vanessa while out with the Fermanagh Harriers on the Fitzpatrick Fuels Hunt \ James Callaghan

Joint-master Breda Cahill MFH leads the way at Kilmoganny's opening meet, in her first seaso as joit-master \ Catherine Power

Kilmoganny ladies - (l-r) Caroline Gould, Susan Morris, Marie Fitzgerald and Breda Cahill MFH at the opening meet of the Kilmoganny Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

The future of hunting is safe with Jack de Bromhead, David Kent, Georgia de Bromhead and Tara Kennedy out at the opening meet of Kilmoganny Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Dave Bennett, fourth in the Golden Button Challenge and first in the Irish Draught Class last year, hunting with The Fingal Harriers at their Man O'War meet \ Noel Mullins

Former master of the Fingal Harriers, Willie Harvey, and Pat White out hunting with The Fingal Harriers at their meet from Man O'War \ Noel Mullins

Joint master of the Fingal Harriers Brian Beggan with Carol and Melissa O'Grady at the Man O War meet \ Noel Mullins

Former Kilkenny Foxhounds joint-master Graham Quinn and Caoimhe O'Brien out hunting with The Fingal Harriers at their meet from Man O War \ Noel Mullins

THE fields are alive to the sound of music these days and photographers Noel Mullins, Catherine Power, James Callaghan and Finbarr Healy bring you a flavour of the hunting action.

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