The North Tipperary Foxhounds don’t normally meet on Mondays, but tradition demands a meet at Luska on Little Christmas regardless of what day it falls. This is home of Myles and Amie Sterling on the shores of Lough Derg, roughly halfway between Puckane and Portumna.

The Sterlings and their connections have been farming at Luska since the late 1600s. Their daughter Elisabeth was out on her two-star event mare. She is a final year student in sports science in University of Limerick (UL) and hopes to do a masters at Trinity.