Pumpkin Premiership

CountryWide recently reported on the preparations for the 3rd Annual Pumpkin Festival.

From October 23rd - 26th, the Cavan town of Virginia was awash with Jack O' Lanterns, as all manner of this most seasonal of Halloween decorations light up the night sky...

Away from the ordinary samples there is also, however, the "Pumpkin Premiership" - that's the group of elite growers who will compete for the title of Festival Champion . where bigger is absolutely better! Brian Lally went to Togher, near Drogheda, in Co Louth, where he met the Byrne twins Oisin and Micheal. You

Hear more about the "Pumpkin Premiership" on Countrywide, which is on RTE Radio 1 on Saturdays.

Below: Gourd Guru Patrick Sullivan of Collon Co Louth with two of his finest!!