Newry 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.
A rare intact Quaker model village built entirely in granite, with no pub by design since 1845, a Grade A listed viaduct that stops you in your tracks, and a slow-burn regeneration story that makes the visit feel genuinely live rather than merely historic.
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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
"Running on Bessbrook farmland since 1869, this is one of Ireland's longest unbroken agricultural shows."
Newry Show
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Omagh Show
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Antrim Show