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1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Darragh McManus

   Ploughing, it's just too good for busy people to miss it (opens the original)

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   If you want something done, ask a busy person: isn’t that what they say? As someone who is essentially doing two jobs, Patrick Quinn could hardly be any busier, but still finds time for full involvement in the National Ploughing Championships, both as participant and volunteer administrator. Where even to start? He’s a farmer in Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co Clare: mostly grass-based beef, but a few years ago Patrick also decided to sow crops, “just to diversify a bit”. He now plants oats in e

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2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Darragh McManus

   Whelans all set to keep family's Ploughing legacy alive (opens the original)

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   It’s a family affair at Whelan Plant Sales — and they wouldn't have it any other way. Siblings Suzanne, George Jr and Alan run the show at their construction machinery dealership in Barefield, a few miles outside the Clare county town of Ennis. Their other sister Aisling helps out at the company’s Ploughing Championships stall every year and her husband Gerry drives the Whelan transport lorry. Mother Ann still works part-time. One person is missing, though: dad George Sr, who sadly passed

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