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FARMING 7

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Summary: Spalpeens 2

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The word spalpeens comes from the Irish word spailpini. As farms became more mechanised, these spalpeens often had to go farther afield in the harvest season. Most of the spalpeens who travelled to England and Scotland came from Connacht and west Ulster.

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