Shanes Castle May Day Steam Rally A nostalgic re-union with a steam culture. “it’s our family gathering, a celebration party and a time of wild tales” Shanes Castle is a Demesne of 800 acres of farmland plus 1000 acres of mature woodland and located on the north east shores of [...]
The Formidable Twins I first met these amazing twins, Dylan and Adam Kelly from Inch in County Wexford, at the Stradbally Steam Rally back in 2021. At that time, they were just ten years of age and in control of their two four-inch scale model traction engines, a 1978 Garrett [...]
Out of scrap metal and junk, skilled hands take over The agricultural steam traction engine became popular in the 1850’s and used primarily for ploughing the land, threshing corn crops and heavy transport. The engines were generally owned, not by individual farmers, but by contractors who traveled from farm to [...]
