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Below right: Ethan McGirr, winner of the Young Person’s Award at the Clogher Valley Show, receiving the Arthur Thompson Memorial Trophy, from Guy Kirkpatrick, chief steward in the dairy section. Included are Joan Boyd (left) vice chairman Clogher Valley Show and Ruth Montgomery, show secretary. Ethan who is now an apprentice with William Bell Tractors, booked two weeks holidays to help set up the fields and clear up after the show, and also volunteered as a steward on the cattle field. His parents Barry and Kathryn, sister Ella-May and granda Philip are all involved in the show.

Bottom right: Members of the Ace First Responders (front, from left) Nuala Meenan, Geraldine McElroy and Margaret Murphy, receiving a cheque for £500 from members of Clogher Valley YFC, proceeds of their fundraising events at the Clogher Valley Show. Included are (back, from left) Joan Boyd, vice-chair Clogher Valley Show; Claire Allen and Lauren Smyth, Clogher Valley YFC and Eugene McConnell, vice-chair of Ace First Responders.

Below: Jessica McKeown, winner of the 2024 Clogher Valley Show Bursary Award, in memory of Captain R.H. Lowry, OBE, former President of Clogher Valley Show, receiving a plaque and cheque for £1,000 from his son, Nicholas Lowry, show chairman. The bursary is awarded each year to a local agricultural student. Jessica, has finished her first year at Greenmount Agricultural College, studying for a degree in Sustainable Agriculture with Agri Business & Land Management pathways. She helped in the Clogher Valley Show office and assisted in the Home Industries & School Sections.

Bottom left: Members of the Ace First Responders (front, from left) Nuala Meenan, Geraldine McElroy and Margaret Murphy, receiving a cheque for £1895, from the vintage section at Clogher Valley Show, (back, from left) Kathryn McGirr, vintage section; Eugene McConnell, vice-chair Ace First Responders; Dill Hay, vintage section and Richard Mulligan, chief steward, vintage section.