These photographs, there are 20 in total are from August 1981, so they are 43 years old.
We were wondering if any of our readers might be able to identify those in the photographs.
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9. Pictured at the Dublin Horss Show in August 1981 is Raymond Martin from Ballynahinch, with his second prize winning two-year-old. Picture: Farming Life/News Letter archives
Pictured at the Dublin Horse Show in August 1981 is Raymond Martin from Ballynahinch, with his second prize winning two-year-old. Picture: Farming Life/News Letter archives Photo: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage

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We were wondering if any of our readers might be able to identify those in the photographs. Picture: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage Photo: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage

11. Keeping cool as they watch their father James compete in the Irish National Sheepdog Trials at Shane’s Castle, Antrim, in August 1981, are Seamus McLoughlin of Ringsend, Coleraine, with his sisters Kathleen and Anne-Marie. Picture: News Letter archives
Keeping cool as they watch their father James compete in the Irish National Sheepdog Trials at Shane’s Castle, Antrim, in August 1981, are Seamus McLoughlin of Ringsend, Coleraine, with his sisters Kathleen and Anne-Marie. Picture: News Letter archives Photo: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage

12. The youngest competitor taking part in the trials at Shane’s Castle, Antrim, in August 1981, was 17-year-old Gordon Watt of Mountjoy, Omagh, with his dog Rose. Picture: News Letter archives
The youngest competitor taking part in the trials at Shane’s Castle, Antrim, in August 1981, was 17-year-old Gordon Watt of Mountjoy, Omagh, with his dog Rose. Picture: News Letter archives Photo: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage


