Anna May McHugh, Ploughing Festival Organiser for over 40 years, talks about transforming an empty field into the countries biggest agricultural event.
Laois woman Anna May McHugh is back in county Laois for the annual Ploughing Competition, which she has been organising for over 40 years.
Ear to the Ground reporter Maireád McGuinness was at the Ploughing Competition where she met Anna May and many who know and respect her. Fine Gael TD and Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Ivan Yates, was also in attendance and spoke of the hard work Anna May puts in to organising the festival.
Anna May talks about organising the event, meeting the dignitaries, and making the festival a success.
| Title: | Ploughing Championships |
| Clip Duration: | 00:04:17 |
| Material Type: | Video |
| Clip Title: | Anna May McHugh, Ploughing Festival Organiser |
| Series Title: | Ear to the Ground |
| Information: | 'Ear to the Ground' is RTÉ Televisions' longest running agricultural show. The weekly programme consists of reports about various countryside and rural environmental issues. The programme has been in production since 1992 and was originally presented by Maireád McGuinness. 'Ear to the Ground' is now presented by Ella McSweeney, Darragh McCullough and Helen Carroll. 'Ear to the Ground' is produced for RTÉ by AGTEL. |
| Local Keywords: | Ploughing Championships, Laois, Anna May McHugh, Mairead McGuinness, Ear to the Ground |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | Work and Production |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Maireád McGuinness (Reporter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ One |
| Production Year: | 1995 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | BX32/06097 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Colour: | Colour |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Language: | English (eng) |
| Original Language: | English (eng) |
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