Gurteen College

14/09/2026

Best of luck to James Mahon, one of our 4th year degree students, at the National Ploughing Championships this week! We're all cheering you on James!

Family tradition, years of practice and plenty of support lie, behind some of the competitors gearing up to take the field in the U21 section.

09/09/2026

Our Level 5 and Level 6 Equine students have been getting to know each other this week with some fun icebreakers and friendly competition- the serious work starts next week 💪

08/09/2026

A huge thank you to Seamus Gallagher for hosting a fantastic talk on this Cultan Applicator, and to James Egan from SmaXtec Ireland for last week's talks for our Level 5 Agriculture students- a really fascinating start for our students!

04/09/2026

Best of luck to Holly Darvell, one of our Level 5 agriculture students, whose currently in Belgium with IHFA Young Members Association taking part in the annual European Young Breeders School. A fantastic opportunity, and we're wishing her all the best!

04/09/2026

Our yard's been a flurry of activity this week as the Level 6 Equine students have been busy catching up with one another, and helping get the horses and our yard ready for our Level 5 students starting next week!

03/09/2026

And we're off! Our level 5 agriculture students have been settling into Gurteen life, and getting put through their paces with tractor driving skills, great to finally have term started!

29/08/2026

Next week we're hosting a demo of this Cultan Applicator! It's a Dutch concept to inject liquid nitrogen directly into the soil, to reduce losses and run off. We'd love to see you there- Tuesday 1st, at 2pm.

28/08/2026

It's nearly time to get started! We are absolutely buzzing to meet our new Level 5 Agriculture students on Monday- and hope you guys are just as excited as us!
What are you looking forward too most?

It's not too late to apply and join us either- applications are still open for a final few places for this year. Call us and chat today about how to apply quickly, ready to start as soon as possible!

26/08/2026

Last weekend we welcomed our new group of Distance students to Gurteen- and help them get stuck in from the word go! Pictured here is the group out measuring grass with lecturer Aoife Sutton.