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29 November 2019

Irish Field Contributor on 29 Nov 2019

PICTURE DESK: Out and About

Horse and riders of all ages were out enjoying hunt meets nationwide

Irish Field Contributor

29 November 2019

Going for it: Mary Stedford (far side) and Peter O’Meara MFH taking a ditch together at the Duhallow Foxhounds meet \ Catherine Power

Tom Geary (9) from Dromina shows how it's done while out with the Duhallow Foxhounds at Kilbrin \ Catherine Power

Rachel O’Connell on her beautiful grey hunter jumps a ditch on her own farm while out with the Duhallow Foxhounds at Kilbrin \ Catherine Power

Family affair - brothers Tom, Frankie, Eddie and Patrick Geary were beautifully turned out for the opening meet at the Duhallow Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Tom Berney of Berney Brothers Kilcullen out on a three-year-old horse for the first time with the Kildare Foxhounds at Punchestown \ Noel Mullins

Kildare Foxhounds huntsman Peter Cahill, hunt chairman Charles O'Reilly, whipper-in Eoghan McCabe, masters Paul Doyle, Gavin Nangle, Richard Sutton and Mary Healy at Punchestown \ Noel Mullins

Oliver Ryan, Tracy McDermott, Peter McLoughlin, Donal Reidy and Pat Murphy at the Kildare Foxhounds meet at Punchestown \ Noel Mullins

Helen and Maria Keatley, Elaine Cahill, Clare Stanley and joint-master Richard Sutton at the Kildare Foxhounds meet at Punchestown \ Noel Mullins

Matt Dempsey, chairman of the Irish Agricultural Trust, with TJ and John Dillon at the Kildare Foxhounds meet at Punchestown / Noel Mullins

Simon and Una Holohan with their daughter Evie at the Kildare Foxhounds meet at Punchestown \ Noel Mullins

Are we off yet? Some of the Kildare Foxhounds before the meet at Punchestown \ Noel Mullins

Ben Keane at the Caherlistrane meet with the North Galway Foxhounds \ Maura Judge Morrin

Luke Moriarty (11) with his pony at the recent opening meet of the South West Harriers Hunt Club \ Helena Kelliher

The hunting season is in full swing and here’s a flavour from the Kildare Foxhounds, the Duhallow Foxhounds and the North Galway Foxhounds.

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