Old and new methods of ploughing can be seen at a contest in Roundwood, County Wicklow.
John Halpin is among those taking part in the Roundwood Ploughing Competition. He is taking part in the horse drawn category and has been taking part in ploughing events for half a century.
A winner of eight national titles John Halpin maintains the quality of this type of ploughing depends on one thing,
It's according to the horse.
Competition judge Sam Somers shows reporter Derek Davis a good example of a furrow in the tractor category. It was not all men taking part Gretta O’Toole from Kilmacanogue is one of the female entrants.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 1 March 1975. The reporter is Derek Davis.
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