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07 February 2020

Irish Field Contributor on 07 Feb 2020

PICTURE DESK: Out and about

Brilliant hunting images from the Co Limerick Foxhounds, North Galway Foxhounds and Wicklow Hunt

Irish Field Contributor

7 February 2020

The Wicklow Hunt at Redcross \ Ken O'Mahony

Hugh O'Loughlin on his Connemara pony Sonny in full flight with the Wicklow Hunt at Redcross \ Ken O'Mahony

Edwina O'Connor and Sheebas Bay out with the Wicklow Hunt at Redcross \ Ken O'Mahony

Cait Stafford and Tommy in action with the Wicklow Hunt at Redcross \ Ken O'Mahony

Colin Barrett (Kildare Hunt) out with his horse Mossy at the Wicklow Hunt at Redcross \ Ken O'Mahony

Emma Bevan, Fergus O’Neill and Jim Foster out with the Co.Limerick Foxhounds at Knockrainey Stud \ Catherine Power

Mathew Lloyd clears the ditch with style while out with the Co Limerick Foxhounds at Knockrainey \ Catherine Power

Veterinary surgeon John Halley MFH on his beautiful grey makes nothing of the ditch while out with the Co Limerick Foxhounds at Knockrainey Stud \ Catherine Power

Jamie Byrne is fearless across the country while out with the Co Limerick Foxhounds at Knockrainey Stud \ Catherine Power

Emma Thompson MFH, Kieran Cusack field-master, and Niall Foley at Knockainey while out with the County Limerick Foxhounds at Knockrainey \ Catherine Power

Maria McNamara rides side saddle over a stone wall on Shanbally Spaceman while at the same time farrier Chris Corcoran is upsides her jumping a good double stone wall while hunting with the North Galway Foxhounds at Shrule \ Noel Mullins

Sarah Kate Conway hunting for the first time with young show jumpers Oisin Dillon and Garry and Conor Dooley with the North Galway Foxhounds at Shrule \ Noel Mullins

Young show jumper Oisin Dillon hunting with the North Galway Foxhounds at Shrule \ Noel Mullins

Dr Brona Mooney clearing a double stone wall with a drop while hunting with the North Galway Foxhounds at Shrule \ Noel Mullins

Honorary whipper-in Gabriel Slattery hunting with the North Galway Foxhounds at Shrule \ Noel Mullins

Tom McNamara of Horses in Ireland with his daughter Maria and their hunting visitors from Germany and Northern Ireland on their hirelings, out with the North Galway Hunt at Shrule \ Noel Mullins

THE weather is mild and bright giving ideal hunting conditions across the country. Photographers Catherine Power, Noel Mullins and Ken O’Mahony were busy keeping up with the action from the Co Limerick Foxhounds, the North Galway Foxhounds and the Wicklow Hunt.