National Ploughing Championships 2023, Ratheniska, Co. Laois.

[Donnellys Hollow]

Anyone heading down to the ploughing?

Heading down to it myself tomorrow. Might have to locate the RTÉ News tent if Sharon Ní Bheoláin is there again! 

[Orior]

Please take some photos for us will ya?

And take a few of the ploughing too.

[Blowitupref]

Today seen a record-breaking crowd of 115,500 people pass through the gates in Ratheniska and over 200k the last two days, with one more day to go serious money made at 25€ per person.

[Gmac]

Stradbally/ portlaoise getting another boost a few weeks after electric picnic

[laoislad]

I've yet to hear anyone in the media pronounce Ratheniska correctly.

[Orior]

Please take some photos for us will ya?

And take a few of the ploughing too.

[Ash Smoker]

I've yet to hear anyone in the media pronounce Ratheniska correctly.

What is the correct way of saying it?
Laois had a hurler call Paddy Ruschitzko and have a town called Ratheniska. Is there some Polish connection?

[Denn Forever]

Carlow has a Moscow. 

[Ash Smoker]

Carlow has a Moscow.

Does Mick Wallace live there?

[Rossfan]

I've yet to hear anyone in the media pronounce Ratheniska correctly.

If its anything like
Ptaaaaaaaarln
Straaaaaaaaably
It's probably Raaaaaaaaannska

[Gmac]

I've yet to hear anyone in the media pronounce Ratheniska correctly.

What is the correct way of saying it?
Laois had a hurler call Paddy Ruschitzko and have a town called Ratheniska. Is there some Polish connection?

Rath-en-eska pronounce the I with an e at least that's how I pronounced it when I hurled with them back in the say . Polish coal miners came to work in Laois in the early 1900s

[burdizzo]

Eh? Where were the mines?! I know there were some in Castlecomer, all right. Pretty sure Paddy Ruschitzko was born in American to an Irish woman, but am open to correction on that.

RTE are a shambles when it comes to pronunciation!

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

As a Derry man I'd have it as Ráth an uisce maybe?

[Gmac]

Eh? Where were the mines?! I know there were some in Castlecomer, all right. Pretty sure Paddy Ruschitzko was born in American to an Irish woman, but am open to correction on that.

RTE are a shambles when it comes to pronunciation!

seems that was fake news we were told probably sounded better than he came from Carlow

[laoislad]

I've yet to hear anyone in the media pronounce Ratheniska correctly.

What is the correct way of saying it?
Laois had a hurler call Paddy Ruschitzko and have a town called Ratheniska. Is there some Polish connection?

Rath-en-eska pronounce the I with an e at least that's how I pronounced it when I hurled with them back in the say .

Yeah spot on. That's how us locals pronounce it anyways.