The 43rd annual Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival will take place on 12 August 2018 in the grounds of the Moynalty Stream Threshing Museum and parkland in the heart of the village. The festivities will start on the Saturday evening (11 August) where more than 20 steam engines will “fire up” their engines and will escort a traditional charity tractor run in aid of Meath Palliative Care and Meath Hospice Home Care Movement.

On the day, the stage will be set by the steam threshing committee where displays of vanishing work practices and food production can be seen alongside craft-making and vintage displays.

It’s a great day out for young and old as it has something for everyone – displays and demonstrations reminding us of how things were for our fore-fathers:

  • Horse and steam power, reaping and binding, threshing and flailing.
  • Traditional crafts such as basket-weaving, steel-forging, hot-shoeing, tin craft, wood-turning and harness-making are all to be seen, while the local ladies will give demonstrations on making butter at the full-size replica cottage.
  • Brown bread, colcannon, boxty and pancakes will all be cooked on the open fires to taste and for sale.

    • This year is a special time for the tractor enthusiast celebrating 100 years of John Deere in Ireland. As usual, there will be a massive display of vintage cars and farm machinery, all of which have been lovingly restored by enthusiasts from the four corners of Ireland.