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A Ploughing People - The Farming Life Celebrated - Stories, Traditions, The Championships (Hardcover)
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A Ploughing People - The Farming Life Celebrated - Stories, Traditions, The Championships (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R332
Discovery Miles 3 320
You Save R83 (20%)
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Journey into the heartland of rural Ireland, in words and images,
from the 1930s to today. Meet the characters behind the Ploughing
Championships, past and present. Witness the traditions and stories
from a changing way of life, where community spirit remains
central, and the plough keeps turning the sod, year on year . . .
Since the early 1930s, The National Ploughing Championships has
occupied a special place in the heart of rural Irish life, when
people gather from every corner of the country to show off their
skills and engage in sport, fun and business. Here, for the first
time, the magic of the Ploughing is captured in word and image. We
follow Valerie Cox as she journeys around Ireland to meet the
people who make this national institution great, and record the
stories of what the ploughing means to them, whether it's vintage
tractors, a pair of Clydesdales or a plough handed down from a
grandfather. Among others, we meet three-time world champion Martin
Keogh, take an unforgettable trip to Thady Kelleher country in East
Cork, and are enchanted by the first even Queen of the Plough Anna
Mai Donegan, who won her crown in 1955. This beautiful book also
provides a record of a landscape that may bear little resemblance
to that of the 1930s but, in important ways - of family, community
and the nod and wink of the business deal - is little changed. A
gift, a keepsake, A Ploughing People is a unique celebration of the
best of Irish life.
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