Birthday girl: Ailise Brew celebrated her birthday out hunting with her husband Liam, joint-master of the South County Dublin Harriers \ Noel Mullins

Joey Moore in action at the opening meet of the Ward Union Staghounds from Ashbourne \ Siobhan English Photography

Adam Cross, Mark Houlihan, Paul Doyle, Billy Flood, Kieran Kinsella and Kaylum Reid at the South County Dublin Harriers meet at Clonee \ Noel Mullins

Ward Union Staghounds' huntsman Darren Campbell heading home after the opening meet in Ashbourne last week \ Siobhan English Photography

Gillian Brownell at the spooktacular Halloween hack at Ballinlough Castle on Saturday \ Mark Wiseman

Raymond Lynch shows how to jump across the country at the Co Clare Foxhounds meet at Tulla \ Catherine Power

Joint master Niall Byrne with his family at the South County Dublin Harriers meet at Clonee \ Noel Mullins

Helga Ryan and Adrian Lee at the South County Dublin Harriers meet at Clonee \ Noel Mullins

Billy Flood in action off the road at the South County Dublin Harriers meet at Clonee \ Noel Mullins

Patrick Considine, huntsman of the Co Clare Foxhounds, with his partner Aoibhinn Bannon collecting hounds at the Co Clare Foxhounds meet at Tulla \ Catherine Power

Dermot and Cillian Considine at the Co Clare Foxhounds meet at Tulla \ Catherine Power

Kevin Coffey, Pat Frost, David McCarthy and Raymond Lynch at the Co Clare Foxhounds meet at Tulla \ Catherine Power

Brian McCarthy at the Co Clare Foxhounds meet at Tulla \ Catherine Power

The adult riding clubs spooktacular Halloween hack at Ballinlough Castle on Saturday \ Mark Wiseman