Yes, it’s showtime! The Northern Ireland Shows Association has confirmed 13 agricultural shows scheduled for this year.
Show season will start in mid-May 2022 in Northern Ireland, with the calendar set to draw to a close in early December.
Punters are advised that Killyleagh and Newry agricultural shows will not take place this year.
Upcoming 2022 agricultural shows in NI
Balmoral: 11, 14 May
Ballymoney: 3, 4 June
Lurgan: 4 June
Armagh: 11 June
Saintfield: 18 June
Ballymena: 15 June
Omagh: 1 July (equestrian) and 2 July
Castlewellan: 15 July
Londonderry/Limavady: 16 July
Antrim: 23 July
Clogher Valley: 27 July
Fermanagh: 2, 4 August
Winter Fair: 8 December
And further afield, other shows to diarise include the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska in September 2022. The three-day event will take place at Co Laois from 20 to 22 September.
The Tullamore Show & FBD National Livestock Show also returns to the Butterfield Estate, Blueball, on 14 August 2022. The organisers say that this year’s event promises to be a “special” return of Ireland’s largest one-day agricultural show.
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