Irish Road Bowling All Ireland Series
One of Ireland's oldest rural sports comes to the country roads of County Armagh, where competitors hurl a heavy iron bowl along miles of tarmac in the fewest throws, drawing huge roadside crowds in a tradition stretching back centuries.
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"A club marking 50 years rolls out tractors and classic cars across the rolling Armagh countryside near Loughgilly."
County Armagh Vintage Vehicle Club Rally
"Over 50 events across four days in the Orchard County of Northern Ireland, where the apple orchards are heavy with cider fruit and the programme runs from orchard tours and artisan markets to 5-star open-fire dining under the trees."
Armagh Food and Cider Weekend
"The second-largest park in Ireland becomes a one-day agricultural spectacle, with 20,000 visitors arriving at Lurgan Park for cattle, ponies, vintage vehicles and an energetic dog show."
Lurgan Show
"The 179th show in the orchard county returns to Gosford Forest Park, where prize cattle parade alongside apple producers, champion bakers and 30,000 visitors in one of Northern Ireland's most celebrated one-day shows."
Armagh County Agricultural Show
"The 150th anniversary Bessbrook show brings livestock, horses, home industries, a food village and a fairground to a County Armagh estate kept alive by volunteers since 1876."
Newry Agricultural Show
"Running on Bessbrook farmland since 1869, this is one of Ireland's longest unbroken agricultural shows."
Newry Show
"Caber-tossing and Highland dancing come to the Alice Littler Memorial Park in the heart of Speyside whisky country."
Aberlour Strathspey Highland Games
"The 225th running: the Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Society meets in a North York Moors village to weigh berries that have been grown in secret since March, and the champion is measured in drams, not centimetres."
Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Show
✦ Weird and Wonderful"Athletes race up Sron a'Chlachain in a punishing hill race while pipers march over the Falls of Dochart bridge at the western end of Loch Tay."
Killin Highland Games
"The pinnacle of English sheepdog competition, run across four days on a Cheshire hillside where the country's finest handlers and their Border Collies compete for a place at the International."
English National Sheepdog Trials
"A sailing regatta with roots going back to 1837, combining competitive racing on the water with a Marching Carnival, live music, and a Pink Wig Parade ashore."
Falmouth Week
"Two August days at Bowood House bring clay shooting, falconry, lurcher racing, gun dog scurries, chainsaw speed carving and a craft village together in the grounds of a Wiltshire stately home."
Wiltshire Game and Country Fair