Welcome to the Oughterard Agricultural Show Society website.

This year’s show, which takes place on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of August, is the 49th in the current series the first of which was organised by Oughterard Development Company Ltd and held on 20th September 1962.

What might be regarded as the first ever show was held in 1911 – a simple affair with an animal welfare aspect associated with it and featuring ponies and carts as well as donkeys and carts. The Connemara Pony Breeders’ Society also held two of its shows in Oughterard in 1929 and 1930 while a number of very successful shows and gymkhanas were held in the 1940s.

Since 2003, Oughterard Show has become a two-day event with the Connemara Pony Performance Championships being held on Saturday. This has now developed into an important international competition with the participation of pony /rider combinations from the UK.

Sunday is a day not to be missed with sections for Domestic Arts, Vintage, Cattle, Sheep, Ponies, Poultry, Donkeys, Working Sheep Dogs, Horses, Dogs and Pets together with a wide variety of entertainment for all age groups to include traditional music song and dance. Sunday is also the day of the Power’s Quarry International Registered Connemara Pony Championship with a prize fund of €2500 and the Western Region Irish Draught Foal Championship.

If you plan to visit Oughterard on either day this year you can be assured of a warm welcome and we can guarantee that you will find much to interest yourself and every member of the family.