page_title: National Ploughing Championships
hierarchical_section_title: National Ploughing Championships
caption_attribution_description: English: Bigday at the ploughing championships
context_page_description: The National Ploughing Championships or is an outdoor agricultural show in Ireland incorporating a ploughing contest. Held every September, it draws over 1,700 exhibitors and had 297,000 visitors in 2019.
context_section_description: The National Ploughing Championships (Irish: Comórtas Náisiúnta Treabhdóireachta) (previously known as The National Ploughing Championships Machinery & Livestock Exhibition) or (NPC) is an outdoor agricultural show in Ireland incorporating a ploughing contest. Held every September, it draws over 1,700 exhibitors and had 297,000 visitors in 2019.
caption: View of the National Ploughing Championships held in Tullamore, County Offaly, 2007
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