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17 January 2020

Irish Field Contributor on 17 Jan 2020

PICTURE DESK: Out and About

Enjoy this great picture gallery of horses and riders, of all ages, crossing country

Irish Field Contributor

17 January 2020

Impressive sight: The Carlow Farmers' Hunt at Leighlinbridge \ Ken O'Mahony

Holly Bolger, Bertram Salter and James Bolger at the Carlow Farmers' Hunt meet at Leighlinbridge \ Ken O'Mahony

Tom Berney at the Carlow Farmers' Hunt meet at Leighlinbridge \ Ken O'Mahony

Trish O'Dwyer and her lovely mount make short work of this yawning ditch while out with the Carlw Farmers' Hunt at Leighlinbridge \ Ken O'Mahony

Ciara O'Neill and Kate Hyland at the Ballymacads meet at Clonmellon \ Mark Wiseman

Paul Keogan and Ken Farrelly lead the field at the meet of the Ballymacad Foxhounds at Crosskeys \ Noel Mullins

Audrey McDermott, home on holidays from Coolmore Australia, out with the Ballymacad Foxhounds at Crosskeys \ Noel Mullins

Colin Crowe's hunter Paddy likes to see the countryside he will be hunting over while on the way to the Ballymacads meet at Crosskeys \ Noel Mullins

Shane McGovern and Thady Lynch whose father Dr Finian Lynch was a former joint -master of the Ballymacads Foxhounds, pictured at the hunt's meet from Crosskeys \ Noel Mullins

New Zealand show judge and hunting visitor to Ireland, Gerald Birdsall of the Dannevirke Hunt, with Lloyd Parr, huntsman of the Louth Foxhounds at Hunterstown \ Noel Mullins

Joint-master Ian Shanahan and Johnny Kiely MFH at the Waterford Foxhounds meet, riding two lovely chesnuts \ Catherine Power

Ian Shanahan MFH, Edmond Dick, Michael Veale, Martin O’Shea and Ken Condon enjoying hunting with the Waterfords Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Lord Waterford MFH, Johnny Kiely MFH and Huntsman Niall Dunne at the meet of the Waterfords at Mothel \ Catherine Power

Hunting veterans Dr .Gordon Watson with his wife Hazel enjoying a day with the Waterfords \ Catherine Power

Chairman of the Golden Vale Hunt, Michael Costigan, at their meet at Loughanmore \ Antoinette Casey

2020 is in full swing for hunt packs nationwide and the social importance of rural hunt meets can’t be underestimated as these images from the Waterford Foxhounds, the Ballymacads, the Louth Foxhounds, the Golden Vale and the Carlow Farmers’ Hunt show.