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Ploughing
As ten of thousands of people descended on Screggan for the first day of the National Ploughing Championships, Twitter has been awash with tweets from the site using #Ploughing18
Here are just a selection of some of the best tweets on the first morning of the event.
We’ve raised the steaks with this cook off! @jakecartermusic V Packie Bonner. We swear there’ll be no beef between them after this. pic.twitter.com/Hw9mdbquBC
— Aldi Ireland (@Aldi_Ireland) September 18, 2018
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I need a coffee #ploughing18 pic.twitter.com/uyp80yXYfy
— National Ploughing (@NPAIE) September 18, 2018
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WHERE IS ALL THE FREE STUFF #Ploughing18
— AliceØ (@auroraboralic3) September 18, 2018
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The Quality Street are disappearing fast on stand 625 @npaie #Ploughing18. Extra supplies needed :) pic.twitter.com/TKlFRJQzTF
— CramdenTECH (@CramdenTECH) September 18, 2018
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We even have the sun making a special appearance here in screggan @NPAIE #Ploughing18 pic.twitter.com/GaXHdpcVdW
— Lakeside farm. (@FlanneryNigel) September 18, 2018
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It looks like @scienceirel did the calculations to avoid being blown away at the Ploughing.#Ploughing18 pic.twitter.com/dq9E39n9Bh
— Sam Warren (@digiprintsie) September 18, 2018
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President Higgins is 'doing a Bartlett'.. Ditching the motorcade and proceeding to the Ploughing bandstand on foot, where he'll give a speech and open the 3 day event. #Ploughing18 pic.twitter.com/EWEZsYHlru
— Daragh Brophy (@DaraghBroph) September 18, 2018
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It’s all go here at the Innovation Arena! #globambition #ploughing18 pic.twitter.com/Hm8kn8Mhuc
— Tara Molloy (@EI_TMolloy) September 18, 2018
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What a woman, what a hat- the legend that is Carrie Acheson, in "command" at #Ploughing18 pic.twitter.com/ENggxNdRmH
— Cliona Doyle (@clionadoyle) September 18, 2018
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Thanks to Ryan Tubridy for dropping by to the IHFA pavilion at #Ploughing18
— IHFA (@i_h_f_a) September 18, 2018
Reary Bela 34 thinks he is a pro at milking pic.twitter.com/uu6wFwBE67
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