Dubliners associate the National Ploughing Championships with muck and wellies, while one in five don’t get the fascination, a survey has found.
In an attitude survey of 1,000 people by Lottoland, 20% said they don’t understand the fuss while 51% associate the agri event with muck and wellies. Lottoland's Graham Ross said: “While huge crowds are once again expected to attend the event this year, for many in Irish society the Championships are the ultimate mystery.
“We might be a small island but this survey shows that there remains quite a cultural gap between what some parts of the country think and feel regarding the countryside festival and what will actually be happening on the ground this week.”Nearly 20% of respondents think politicians just want to be seen at the event while 16% believe the event will consist mostly of farmers complaining about Brexit.
And 11% associate the ‘farmer festival’ with “awful country music playing on the loudspeakers” and 13% think it’s an opportunity for people to give out about “neglected life in rural Ireland”.Our Irish Mirror Sports page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.The Irish Mirror Twitter account is @IrishMirror while our sports account is @MirrorSportIE.
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