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21 February 2020

Irish Field Contributor on 21 Feb 2020

PICTURE DESK: Out and About

From Scarteens in Co Limerick to the Route Harriers in Co Antrim, hunting photographers Catherine Power and Noel Mullins catch up with all the action in the field

Irish Field Contributor

21 February 2020

Lisa Curtin (12) bravely takes on the biggest banks while out with the Scarteens Black and Tans at Emly \ Catherine Power

Kilcullen sadlier Tom Berney jumping the famous Scarteen bank at Ballinacree while out with the Scarteens black and Tans at Emly \ Catherine Power

International show jumping rider Shane Breen bursting through the hedges at the Scarteens' meet at Emly, Shane loves hunting with the Scarteens when he gets the chance \ Catherine Power

Field-master Val O'Connell takes the field over a typical Scarteen bank at their meet from Emly \ Catherine Power

Caroline Ryan and Brian Cassidy in full flight with the Scarteens at their meet from Emly \ Catherine Power

Dermot O'Halloran, brother of Scarteen huntsman Raymond O'Halloran, is a dab hand on bringing on the young horses \ Catherine Power

Rosie Alcorn with Rosemary Moffett who is in her 56th season hunting with the Route Harriers and her daughter honorary secretary Anthea at the Route Harriers meet at Bushmills, Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

Shane O'Grady with brothers Ross and Grant McCullough at the Route Harriers meet at the Bushmills Inn, Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

Anthea Moffett takes a drain in style at the Route Harriers meet at Bushmills, Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

Whipper-in Andy Miskommons jumps a wire fence in style at the Route Harriers meet at Bushmills, Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

Rosemary Moffett wonders how Rosie Alcorn ended up on the ground while hunting with the Route Harriers from their Bushmills meet in Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

Joint-master Gerard McCloskey jumps a wire fence in style while out with the Route Harriers meet at Bushmills, Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

Joint-master Philip White leading the field in great style at the Route Harriers meet at Bushmills, Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

Event rider Lucca Stubbington with her mother Georgia with Gordon Cunningham at the Route Harriers meet at Bushmills, Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

Ross McCullough jumps a wire fence in style at the Route Harriers meet at Bushmills, Co Antrim \ Noel Mullins

FROM celebrating a 200-year anniversary milestone with the Routh Harriers in Co Antrim to crossing the biggest ditches and banks in the country with the famous Scarteens’ black and tans pack, photographers Noel Mullins and Catherine Power caught up with the top hunting action in Ireland.

(More Scarteen images on page 100).