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29 January 2016

Irish Field Contributor on 29 Jan 2016

PICTURE DESK: Spring hunting meets

Photographers Noel Mullins, Catherine Power, Siobhan English and Orla McCarthy bring you the latest images from the hunting fields

Irish Field Contributor

29 January 2016

Charlie and Clare Gundry enjoying a day's hunting with the Ballymacad Foxhounds at Ballinlough village (Photo: Noel Mullins)

Colm Crowe, Ken Farrelly and Colin Hawden hunting with the Ballymacads at Ballinlough (Photo: Noel Mullins)

Honorary life member with the Fingal Harriers, John Lyons on his show cob Zac (Photo: Noel Mullins)

Jay Reardon enjoying hunting with the Scarteens (Photo: Catherine Power)

Jim Mulcahy MRCVS with his daughter Frances out for a day in Kilross with the Scarteens (Photo: Catherine Power)

Show horse producer and rider PJ Casey with Alex Lyons, both amateur whippers-in with the Fingal Harriers at Bog of the Ring (Photo: Noel Mullins)

Raymond O'Halloran who hunts with the South Notts, returned for his local meet at Kilross with the Scarteens with landowner John Finnan (Photo: Catherine Power)

Robert Hoban hunting with the Fingal Harriers at Bog of the Ring (Photo: Noel Mullins)

Rose Scanlan, beautifully turned out side saddle, while hunting with the North Tipperary Foxhounds (Photo: Catherine Power)

Tipperary Foxhounds huntsman Gavin Shorten on the move near Lisronagh last Saturday (Photo: www.siobhanenglishphotography.com)

Kildare Foxhounds' huntsman Chris Francis overseeing hounds from the meet at Hollywood on Monday (Photo: www.siobhanenglishphotography.com)

The Slatarra family enjoying hunting with the North Tipperary Foxhounds (l-r) Dara, Hannah, Briana, Brian, Eimear and Lauren (Photo: Catherine Power)

THE evenings are lengthening and the skies are lifting and the equestrian community is making the most of it.

Hunts are getting out and about nationwide and photographers Noel Mullins, Catherine Power, Siobhan English and Orla McCarthy bring you a flavour of the latest action from the North Tipperary Foxhounds, Ballymacad Foxhounds, Tipperary Foxhounds, Kildare Foxhounds, the Scarteens, the Fingal Harriers and the Bray Harriers.

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