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FROM 1750 - 1830 > FARMING |
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Improving Landlord One of the best landlords in Ireland was Richard Edgeworth who ran his estate at Edgeworthstown from 1782 to 1817. Edgeworth never ... |
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Turf footers Women and men worked together to ‘save’ the turf. Once the turf had been cut it was footed – set up with 5 or 6 pieces of turf leaning ... |
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Bog Village Bog village in Co. Roscommon grew up after 1780 when land-hungry peasants reclaimed local bog land for potato cultivation. Even marginal ... |
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Cottier’s Budget This income and expenditure account was presented by Arthur Young in his Tour in Ireland (1780). It shows just how precarious an ... |
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Irish peasant Many cottiers rented a small plot of land from tenant farmers. These men often worked as labourers for other farmers, receiving wages ... |
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Pig Fair In the early part of the 19th century a common Irish saying was that ‘the pig paid the rent’. For many poor farmers this was literally ... |
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Wooden Sieve In other areas simple wooden sieves were used in preference to the winnowing tray. They were always made from local materials and ... |
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Shelling Hills This photograph was taken at the beginning of the 19th century, but it records a skill used by farmers a century earlier. You can see ... |
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Haymaking Haymaking in the summer in the late 18th century involved the use of the scythe and the hayfork. This John Nixon painting shows hay ... |
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Wooden plough In the early part of the 19th century the Scotch iron plough became widely used in Ireland. Before that this type of wooden plough, ... |
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