Virginia Show

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Virginia Show
GenreDairy Cow Evaluation, Agricultural and livestock show
DatesWednesday in late August [1]
Location(s)Show Grounds Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland
Founded1800s
Attendancec.15,000 (2013) [2]
Website www.virginiashow.com

The Virginia Agricultural Show, or Virginia Show is an annual agricultural fair held in the town of Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland. It is held at the Virginia Show Grounds. The current show has been running for over 80 years. [3] [4] [5] The show is known for its dairy cow competition. The 76th edition was the subject of Show Day a documentary short directed by Alan Bradley in 2018. [6] [7]

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Event

Over the years, the event has had exhibitions and cow, sheep, dog and goat competitions, as well as arts, and dancing events. [8] [9] There were 490 competition classes in 2012. [10]

Irish Champion Cow competition

The Irish Champion Cow, known as the "Baileys Irish Champion Cow" for sponsorship reasons, [11] [12] is a dairy cow evaluation competition. [13] [11] Running for more than 30 years, [9] its entrants are judged on aspects such as legs, neck, back and udder qualities. [11] The top prize was worth €8,000 in the mid 2000's, [14] [15] reducing to GBP2,150 in 2016. [16]

Virginia Show Grounds

As well as an exhibition centre, meeting and sports centre, [17] the Show Grounds is the site of agricultural academic research. [18] It has been used as a temporary COVID-19 testing centre. [19]

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  3. ↑ O'Brien, Breifne (24 August 2023). "Gallery: Virginia Show champions from beef breeds".
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  5. ↑ "Virginia Show: Fake tan, baby oil, hair extensions – and those were just the animals". The Irish Times .
  6. ↑ Spillane, Alison (16 July 2018). "Experience the Show Day excitement on RTÉ One tonight". RTE.ie . Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Hayes, Trish (7 July 2018). "Virginia up in lights for 'Show Day' debut" . Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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  9. 1 2 "Record numbers set to converge on Cavan for 71st Virginia Show". Irish Examiner . 21 August 2012. Gale   A300289176 – via Gale OneFile.
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  18. ↑ "Irish Government Contract Notice: Virginia Show Centre Ltd Issues Contract Notice for 'Virginia Show Centre, Co Cavan - Tender for a Researcher/Co-Ordinator to co-ordinate a cross border exchange programme to record and archive rural life over the last 75 years '" (Press release). 5 November 2018. EBSCOhost   edsgcl.561374268.
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