Martin Kehoe and Dan Donnelly, both from Wexford, are national champions as the “Ploughing” came to a close in County Laois on Friday evening.

Martin Kehoe became the National Senior Conventional Ploughing Champion and Dan Donnelly won the Senior Reversible Contest.

Next year’s event takes place on September 20 to 22, and hopefully should see the return of the crowds.

Senior Conventional Class
1-Martin Kehoe, Wexford
2-Eamonn Tracey, Carlow
3-Gary Simms, Donegal

Senior Reversible Class
1-Dan Donnelly, Wexford
2-Jer Coakley, Cork west
3-John Whelan, Wexford

Junior Conventional A Class
1-Maurice Walsh, Waterford
2-John Healy, Kerry
3-Martin Reilly, Longford

Junior Conventional B Class
1-Ger Frost, Clare
2-Seamus McConnon, Monaghan
3-Sean Gilligan, Galway

Novice 2 Furrow Conventional Junior Class
1-Lorna Byrne, Laois
2-Emma Gowing, Offaly
3-Jack Kearny, Westmeath

Novice 2 Furrow Conventional Senior Class
1-Noel Nyhan, Cork west
2-Ailish Osbourne, Kildare
3-Kyle Bookle, Kilkenny

Special Horse Plough Class
1-Tommy Pierce, Wicklow
2-Eamon Murphy, Wexford
3-Noel Hand, Monaghan

Standard 3 Furrow Reversible Plough Class
1-Frankie Gowing, Offaly
2-Kieran Hennebry, Waterford
3-Timothy Lawlor, Cork west

Vintage Single Furrow Pedestrian Plough Class
1-Thomas McDermott Walsh, Carlow
2-Richard Duffy, Dublin
3-Joseph Kehoe, Wexford

Vintage Single Furrow Mounted Plough Class
1-James Hough, Tipperary north;
2-Alex Hunter, Sligo;
3-Peter McDonald, Kilkenny.