Paul and Gary O’Donovan do their hard work out on the water rather than on a farm, but the brothers were still popular visitors to the National Ploughing Championships today.
The brothers, who won Olympic silver medals for rowing in Rio this summer, were in Tullamore with sponsors Electric Ireland.
Fresh from #Rio2016 and straight outta Skibbereen - Meet Paul & Gary O’Donovan from 11am-3:15pm today (Stand 296) #Ploughing16 #PullLikeADog pic.twitter.com/6wEB8IAfA2
— Electric Ireland (@ElectricIreland) September 22, 2016
Fair play to the lads, they did their best to blend in with the crowds, donning wellies and worrying about tractors.
@ElectricIreland would want to have their tractors in order tomorrow. Myself & @PaulO_Donovan are going ploughing #ploughing16 #stayhappy
— Gary O Donovan (@gary_o_donovan) September 21, 2016
They are blending right in @NPAIE @ElectricIreland in their paddy caps & wellies @PaulO_Donovan @gary_o_donovan #Ploughing16 #StayHappy pic.twitter.com/FMZJFrIPdX
— Aisling Delaney (@AisD3) September 22, 2016
Irish Examiner videographer Dan Linehan was on hand to record the queues lining up for autographs and photographs – looks like the boys are taking to the whole celebrity business like ducks to water.
