Web archiving: The National Ploughing Championship
World Ploughing Championships 1954, Killarney, Co. Kerry (NPA MOR603)
The NLI has archived the Irish web on a selective basis since 2011. We recognise the intrinsic cultural value of information published on the web and the need to preserve this material for current and future generations. It is also an opportunity to work with Born-Digital collections and to enable users to work with the NLI collections, in new and innovative ways.
You can search and access our web archive portal here.
The National Ploughing Championships (or NPC, previously known as The National Ploughing Championships Machinery & Livestock Exhibition) takes place each year in September. Since its inception in 1931, it has grown to become one of the largest annual events in Ireland. This outdoor agricultural show incorporates a ploughing contest. It draws over 1,700 exhibitors and had 297,000 visitors in 2019. The NLI has archived their website over the years, which you can browse here.
The National Ploughing Championship 2018 (screenshot taken from the NLI's web archive portal)
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