Traffic Management Plan National Ploughing Championships 2025

An Garda Síochána has a significant policing operation in place for the National Ploughing Championships taking place on Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th of September 2025.

It is anticipated that in excess of 80,000 persons will attend this event each day and a Traffic Management and Parking Plan has been put in place.

The assistance of all road users is required to allow traffic to move freely to and from the event.

Gardaí are urging road users not attending the National Ploughing Championships to avoid the N52 between Tullamore and Birr. Road users are also asked to avoid all approach roads to Mucklagh village and the event site at Screggan from Tuesday 16th September at 6am to Thursday 18th September at 8pm.

For those attending the National Ploughing Championships, please view in advance the Traffic Management Plan below for the correct route to take depending on where you are travelling from.

It is essential that drivers don't use satnav-type devices as they may not have the up-to-date information on the specific traffic diversions for this event. Over the course of the event persons are asked to listen to and comply with any direction by An Garda Síochána or stewards.

The Traffic Management Plan includes an interactive map, which can be viewed on any internet-enabled device and is available on our link "How to get to the Ploughing"

This Traffic Management Plan includes routes to the event broken down into a colour coordinated system. 

The colour coordinated system will help with parking in the correct zone.