List of venues for National Ploughing Championships

This article is a list of venues for the National Ploughing Championships, an agricultural fair held annually in the Republic of Ireland since 1931.^[1][2][3]

Year	Photo	Location	Start date	End date	Attendance	Notes
1931		Coursetown, Athy, County Kildare	16 February
1932		Gorey, County Wexford	19 February
1933		Clondalkin, County Dublin	15 February
1934		Athenry, County Galway	13 February
1935		Mallow, County Cork	13 February
1936		Tullamore, County Offaly	February
1937		Greystones, County Wicklow	9 February
1938		Oakpark, Carlow	10 February
1939		Killarney, County Kerry	8 February
1940		Thurles, County Tipperary/Kilkenny	21 January	1 February
1941		Cork/ Navan, County Meath	12 February	18 February
1942		Cloghran, County Dublin	12 February
1943		Lamberton, Portlaoise, County Laois[4]	12 February
1944		Ballinasloe, County Galway	9 February
1945		Tipperary	21 February
1946		Balbriggan, County Dublin	7 February
1947		Maynooth, County Kildare	11 February
1948		Limerick	19 February
1949		Drogheda, County Louth	10 February
1950		Bandon, County Cork	9 February
1951		County Wexford	1 February
1952		Athenry, County Galway	7 February
1953		Mullingar, County Westmeath	11 February
1954		Cahir, County Tipperary	11 February
1955		Athy, County Kildare	10 February	11 February
1956		Nenagh, County Tipperary	1 February	11 February
1957		Boyle, County Roscommon	7 February	8 February
1958		Tramore, County Waterford	12 February	13 February
1959		Burnchurch, County Kilkenny	28 January	29 January
1960		New Ross, County Wexford	9 November	10 November
1961		Killarney, County Kerry	8 November	9 November
1962		Dovea, Thurles, County Tipperary	7 November	8 November
1963		Athenry, County Galway	6 November	7 November
1964		Danesfort, County Kilkenny	18 November	19 November
1965		Enniskerry, County Wicklow	17 November	18 November
1966		Rosegarland Est.,Wellingtonbridge, County Wexford	2 November	3 November
1967		Tullow, County Carlow	25 October	26 October
1968		Banteer, Mallow, County Cork	23 October	24 October
1969		Rockwell College, Cashel, County Tipperary	22 October	23 October
1970		Danesfort, County Kilkenny	28 October	29 October
1971		Finglas, County Dublin	27 October	28 October
1972		Rockwell College, Cashel, County Tipperary	25 October	26 October
1973		Rosegarland Estate, Wellingtonbridge, County Wexford	3 October	6 October
1974		Watergrasshill, County Cork	16 October	17 October
1975		Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny	15 October	16 October
1976		Wells, Gorey, County Wexford	13 October	14 October
1977		Rockwell College, Cashel, County Tipperary	19 October	20 October
1978		Knocktopher, County Kilkenny	11 October	12 October
1979		Watergrasshill, County Cork[5]	10 October	11 October
1980		Rockwell College, Cashel, County Tipperary	7 October	8 October
1981		Wellingtonbridge, Wexford	7 October	10 October
1982		Edenderry, County Offaly	12 October	13 October
1983		IDA Grounds, Waterford	5 October	6 October
1984		Ardfert, County Kerry	3 October	4 October
1985		Kilkea, Athy, County Kildare	2 October	3 October
1986		Woodsgift Hse., Woodsgift, County Kilkenny	8 October	9 October
1987		Charleville Estate, Tullamore, County Offaly	7 October	8 October
1988		Oak Park Research Centre, County Carlow	4 October	6 October
1989			October
1990			October
1991		Crecora, County Limerick
1992		Carrigtwohill, County Cork
1993		Shanballyard, Clerihan, Clonmel, County Tipperary
1994		Drumgold, Enniscorthy, County Wexford
1995		Ballacolla, County Laois[6]
1996		Oak Park Research Centre, County Carlow
1997		Parkmore, Fiveally, Birr, County Offaly
1998		Ballycarney, Ferns, County Wexford
1999		Castletownroche, County Cork[7]	28 September[7]	30 September[7]
2000		Ballacolla, County Laois[8][9][10]	26 September[8][6]	28 September[8][6]
2001			2 October[9]	4 October[9]		Event cancelled due to Foot and Mouth outbreak[10]
2002			24 September[11]	26 September[11]
2003		Ballinabrackey, County Meath (5 km south of Kinnegad)[12][13]	23 September[12]	25 September[12]
2004		Athy, County Kildare[14]
2005		Mogeely, County Cork[15][16]	27 September 2005[16]	29 September 2005[15]
2006		Grangeford, Tullow, County Carlow[17]	27 September[17]	28 September[17]		Also hosted World Ploughing Championships 29–30 September
2007		Annaharvey Farm Tullamore, County Offaly[18]	25 September[18]	27 September[18]
2008		Burnchurch, County Kilkenny (8 km southwest of Kilkenny City)[citation needed]	23 September	25 September
2009		Cardenton, Athy, County Kildare[19][20][21]	22 September[22]	29 September[22]
2010			21 September[20]	23 September[20]
2011			20 September[21]	22 September[21]
2012		Heathpark, New Ross, County Wexford[23][24]	25 September[23]	27 September[23]
2013		Ratheniska, County Laois[25][4]	24 September[26]	26 September[26]	228,000[26]	70th Anniversary since the ploughing was first held in Laois.[4]
2014			23 September	25 September	280,000
2015			22 September	24 September	281,000[27][28]	All-time record for one day was set on the 23rd of 127,000[29]
2016		Screggan, Tullamore, County Offaly[28][30][31]	20 September[28]	22 September[28]	283,000[32]
2017			19 September[32]	21 September[32]	291,500[33][34]
2018			18 September	21 September	Day 1: 97,500 Day 2:cancelled Day 3: 81,500 Day 4: 61,700 Total: 240,700[31]	Show cancelled on 19 September due to Storm Ali; an additional day was added on 21 September to compensate.[31]
2019		Ballintrane, Fenagh, County Carlow	17 September	19 September	Day 1: 102,500 Day 2: 113,500 Day 3: 81,000 Total: 297,000[35]	Total attendance figures for the 88th Championships came to a record breaking 297,000 visitors over the 3 days
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic		The event was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland.[36][37] A limited number of ploughing competitions were planned for October, but without spectators.[37]
2021		Ratheniska, County Laois	15 September[38]	17 September	Day 1: <1,000 Day 2: <1,000 Day 3: <1,000 Total: <3,000[39]	A limit of 1,000 attendees per day was in place due to continued COVID-19 related restrictions.[39]
2022			20 September[40]	22 September	Day 1: 91,500 Day 2: 115,500 Day 3: 70,000 Total: 277,000	Day 2 of the 91st Ploughing Championships saw a record daily number of attendees, this was 115,000 people. This was also the World Ploughing Championships.[41][42]
2023			19 September	21 September	Day 1: 66,250 Day 2: 71,800 Day 3: 62,500 Total: 200,550[43]	Macra na Feirme organised a successful world record attempt to throw the most wellies simultaneously.[44]
2024			17 September[45]	19 September	Day 1: 75,500 Day 2: 90,500 Day 3: 78,000 Total: 244,000[46]
2025		Screggan, Tullamore, County Offaly[47]	16 September	18 September	Day 1: TBA Day 2: TBA Day 3: TBA Total: TBA