Cattle Market On the day of a cattle market farmers drove their cattle along the roads and into town, looking to sell their animals to other farmers ...
Fair Day This picture shows a Fair Day in Moy, Co. Tyrone. This allowed local farmers a special chance to trade in livestock. Cattle and horses ...
Hiring Fair Towards the end of the 19th century hiring fairs were held in 80 Irish towns, mostly in Ulster. There were usually 2 fairs each year – ...
Hire Girl Many of the young women who turned up at the hiring fairs were hoping to be taken on as farm servants for a 6 month stretch. More ...
Tattie Hokers During the harvest season poor farmers from the west of Ireland took the opportunity to earn money by travelling around the country ...
Vegetable Sellers To add to their low incomes farmers sold excess potatoes in the nearby market towns. This job was left to the women who carried the ...
Creameries From 1900 on, creameries were established in all parts of Ireland. Dairy farmers sent their milk to the creamery in special metal cans. ...
The Co-operative Movement At the beginning of the 20th century the co-operative movement took off in Ireland and by 1914 there were over 1,000 ‘co-ops’. The ...
Rising Incomes Following the famine in the 1840s farmers’ incomes had been rising steadily. With the increased profits strong farmers were now able to ...
Land League In the late 1870s farmers hit hard times and many poorer farmers could not afford to pay their rents. They formed the Land League to ...
