Eoin Lynch from Co Cork has become an overnight sensation after being interviewed by Irish outlet Agriland at the 2024 Ploughing Championships, an agricultural show, in Co Laois this week.
Eoin was featured in an Agriland TikTok on Wednesday, September 18 and his love of slurry - as well as his classic Cork accent - is getting plenty of admiration.
After remarking on the "savage heat" that was hanging over the Ploughing Championships, Eoin told Agriland what he was most interested in at the annual event.
"Slurry," he said. "Jaysus, I love the slurry here."
(Slurry, for the unfamiliar, is a mixture of animal waste and water that farmers use to make fertilizer.)
"Lot of slurry," Eoin continued. "I just think about slurry, I eat slurry, and I dream about slurry. That’s my motto now."
When asked what he'll get up to once the season finishes in October, Eoin said he'll be turning his attention to parlour washings.
The Cork lad went on to proudly note that he'll be working from a Case 165 tractor.
"I wouldn’t like to be seen in a John Deere now, that's the craic now," he said.
He added that Cases are a "savage job now, super job. They're well manufactured, in fairness."
@Agriland.ie "I dream about slurry" #Ploughing2024
♬ original sound - Agriland
Agriland found itself with a viral video on its hands thanks to Eoin. Since being posted, the clip has racked up a staggering 2.8 million views, 167k likes, and more than 2k comments as of Friday afternoon.
"My brain is not processing this neither audibly nor visually," one person - presumably not Irish - commented.
"I want someone to talk about me the way he talks about slurry," another wrote.
"No idea how I’ve ended up on Irish plough TikTok but I’m not mad about it," said one person.
"I watched 10 times yesterday and came back today to watch it again. Cork accent is just superb and the lad has alot of vibe."
On Friday, Agriland caught up with Eoin again at the Ploughing Championships after his newfound viral fame.
Eoin explained that he and his pals were walking around the Ploughing Championships on Wednesday and were getting ready to go home when he spotted Agriland conducting interviews and decided to "chance his arm."
He said: "I suppose it went from there anyway.
"I was in school yesterday, I'd say I was just after eating my lunch, and the boys said 'You're up on AgriLnad! You're up on Agriland!'
"And I say, 'Oh right, I must be famous so.'"
He said his pals were "taking the mick" out of him after the clip was posted.
"When I went home then, I just opened up the phone and it was boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, message upon message, like upon like. It was unbelievable."
When asked if he got any business deals, Eoin replied with a big smile: "Plenty, plenty, plenty."
@agriland.ie We caught up with the star of #Ploughing2024 ♬ original sound - Agriland
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