Irish Stew After the famine there was a marked shift from arable to livestock farming. On poor upland areas tough mountain sheep were grazed. ...
Bread Bin Bread was kept in wooden bread boxes to keep it fresh but early in the 20th century special enamel bread bins became common. The bread ...
Cockles This donkey and cart are transporting baskets of cockles which the ‘cockle man’ sold in small towns and villages. This photograph was ...
Sand Eels This photograph taken in the 1890s on the shore of Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal shows a group of local people digging for sand eels. These ...
Craigavon Craigavon on the outskirts of Belfast was the home of Sir James Craig, a leading figure in the Unionist Party. In September 1911 a ...
Limerick cup and spoon At the great social banquets held in the great Georgian country houses the tables were adorned with the finest silver cutlery and china. ...
Noggin This stave-built wooden bucket was known as a noggin and was widely used in rural Ireland.
Bog Butter This container of bog butter was dug up in Co. Tyrone. Farmers used to bury butter in bogs to preserve it for times when milk was in ...
Churning Farmers’ wives or daughters churned milk to make butter which was sold in the local market. The buttermilk which was left was used by ...
Salt Box Salt was kept in a special salt box that hung on the wall near the hearth. It was used to preserve meat and bacon for use in the winter ...
