Timmy O’Connell, area manager for Knockainey, leads the field over a big double bank at Kilballyowen \ Catherine Power

Alex Barry and Jonty Purcell enjoying a day with the County Limerick Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Brendan Madden and Timmy O’Connell, area manager, keeping a close eye out with the County Limerick Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

David Beecher whipper-in to the County Limerick Foxhounds on the look out \ Catherine Power

Fergus Stokes, huntsman of the County Limerick Foxhounds, drawing the covert at Kilballowen \ Catherine Power

Isabel Russell and Jane Lenihan at the Kilworth and Araglen Harriers Centenary Meet at Willie Rice's \ Noel Mullins

Whippers In Seamie O'Gorman and Kevin Condon at the Kilworth and Araglen Harriers Centenary Meet at Willie Rice's

Ciara O'Brien in action, with her father Brendan standing in the drain underneath, at the Kilworth and Araglen Harriers Centenary Meet at Willie Rice's \ Noel Mullins

Gillian Condon and Mark McNally at the Kilworth and Araglen Harriers Centenary Meet at Willie Rice's \ Noel Mullins

Aoibheann O'Donoghue at full stretch at the Kilworth and Araglen Harriers Centenary Meet at Willie Rice's \ Noel Mullins

Retiring huntsman Liam Russell telling hounds he needs a good day for the man from The Irish Field at the Kilworth and Araglen Harriers Centenary Meet at Willie Rice's \ Noel Mullins

Jenny Slattery and six-year-old Amelia Kearney ready on her pony, 32-year-old Jack at the Centenary Meet at Willie Rice's \ Noel Mullins

David Masterson Huntsman with the North Galway Foxhounds leading the group across The Corrib \ Maura Morrin

Katie Staunton of The North Galway Foxhounds flying over a stone wall at Greenfields meet \ Maura Morrin

William Donnellan master with The North Galway Foxhounds clearing a hedge at the Greenfields meet \ Maura Morrin

Eimear Staunton of The North Galway Foxhounds enjoying her day at the Greenfields meet \ Maura Morrin