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Trim Haymaking Festival, Sunday 17th June

Trim Haymaking Festival, Sunday 17th June 
featuring the Roll in the Hay competition

• Special Guest arrives by river to the Thatched Village
• Vintage Tractors & Machinery Working mowers, tedders, etc
•  Display of Vintage Tractors, Machinery, Engines, Pumps, Model Engines
• Working Farm Horses &  Mowers, Wheelrakes, Tumbling Paddies
• The Unique Haycocking Machine
• Scythe Cutting Competition & Sheaf Tossing Competition (new World Record 62ft. in 2009)
• ‘Play in the Hay’ ( Maze & tunnels) & Pets Corner for the very young
• ‘Roll in the Hay’ for the slightly older &  more amorous
•  Music  *  Set Dancing  *  Ceili * Carney School of  Irish Dancing
• Coscan (Meath)* Cois Tine (Galway) * Naomh Padraig (thrice All Ireland Fleadh Senior Ceili Band winners) *Wexford Mummers * Dunderry Strawboys * Phoenix (Dublin,  recent Tops of the Town Winners) all on four stages
• Dog Show * Donkey Show *  Goat Show
• Thrills & Spills  Donkey Derby (boys, girls &  mixed)
• Dan O’Hara’s Farm, sheep shearing, thatching a cottage, stone wall building, hand milk cows, collect the freshly laid hen eggs, cocks the hay
• Macra na Feirme(young farmers club) Semifinals of National Farm Skills
• Arts & Crafts around the old Thatched Village
• Fishing Display by Trim & District Angling Association
• Trade stands, Fun Fair, Food Stalls
• Takes place in Trim,Co.Meath in the shadow of Trim Castle scene of the Mel Gibson blockbuster ‘Braveheart’.

Trim is 30miles/40mins from Dublin; 2hrs from Belfast & Galway ; 3hrs from Cork

A Great Family Day Out!

FAILTE–WITAJCIE–WELCOME-BIENVENUE-WILLKOMMEN-BENVENUTI

For more information on this year's event please see www.scurlogstown.com or contact John Marron (PRO) on +353 86 857 5618 or johnjmarron@eircom.net

Sat 16th June 2012 at the Diocesean Hall  Trim

11.00am – 12.30pm Sean Nos Workshop with Serena McManus
3.00   -   5.00pm   Set Dancing Workshop with Joe Condro
10.00 – 1.00am  Ceili with the Brian Boru Ceili Band
Fear an Ti  Joe Condron
Contact Michael O’Brien  086 2053017

John Marron & Aoife Farrelly PRO Scurlogstown Olympiad
086 8575618    086 3645579
Trade Enquiries contact  Hugh at 086 8608876

Contact:    
Iris -046-9557164 ; Pat -046-9431341 ; Hugh -086-8608876
John -086-8575618 :  Bernie Sturdy -046-9555091