Stage set for 43rd Moynalty Steam Threshing

The Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival gets underawy this wvwning with the traditional steam engine run through the north Meath village.

The 43rd annual event will take place tomorrow, Sunday 12th August in the grounds of the Moynalty Stream Threshing Museum and parkland in the heart of the village. 
This evening,  over 20 steam engines “fire up” their engines and will escort a traditional charity tractor run in aid of Meath Palliative Care and Meath Hospice Homecare movement. 
Sunday's event hosts displays of vanishing work practices and food production along-side craft making and vintage displays.
Moynalty Steam Threshing is a great day out for young and old as it has something for everyone, displays and demonstrations remind us of how things were for our forefathers: Horse and steam power, reaping and binding, threshing and flailing. Traditional crafts such as basket weaving, steel forging, hot shoeing, tin craft, wood turning and harness making are all to be seen while the local ladies will give demonstrations on making butter at the full size replica cottage. Brown bread, colcannon, boxty and pancakes will all be cooked on the open fires to taste and for sale.
This year is a special year for the tractor enthusiasts with 100 years of John Deere being celebrated in Ireland, As usual there will be a massive display of vintage cars and farm machinery, all of which have been lovingly restored by enthusiasts from the four corners of Ireland.
Moynalty Steam Threshing also boasts a fantastic museum of artefacts and memorabilia which will be open for viewing on Sunday.
A cead mile failte awaits you in Moynalty for this year’s festival where refreshments will be served and where you can bring home a keep-sake from one of our fine craft stalls.
The children will be well entertained by the amusements on site and can visit the many farm animals on an old style farm yard or enter their dog in the dog show.
The Irish Lumberjack show is an exciting show of fearless skills and displays of wood-chopping, pole-climbing, chainsaw racing. Loggers complete in a variety of disciplines based on traditional logging skills to determine the best lumberjack skills.
There will be music and craic all day long and this year we are proud to announce that the ever popular Nathan Carter will take to the stage in a grand finale of music. Music entertainment throughout the day by Paul Leavy, the Wrafter Family, Matt Leavy, and The Gerry Hat-tricks.

Gates open 10am to 7pm with ample free parking. Check out www.moynaltysteamthreshing.ie or Facebook.