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pinkcow · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 30

The All Ireland and International Sheep-Shearing Championship is the main competition for Irish sheep shearers and wool handlers, and in 2009 we will host competitors and visitors from Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand in an international event to run alongside the national championships.

While the shearing is the centrepiece of the event, the event will have ancillary activities that one might expect to find at a rural festival.

It will provide entertainment for visitors in a safe and clean environment, exciting competitions over two days, 30 and 31 May, and a chance to visit the beautiful Inishowen peninsula. The event will be marketed at local, regional and national level.

over 15,000 people expected to attend