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FROM 1870 - 1914 > FOOD & COOKING |
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Fresh Fish For poorer people herrings, which were relatively cheap, provided a nice change to the normal diet of potatoes. This photograph shows ... |
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Eel Supper During October when eels were at their most plentiful, eel suppers were served in local hotels, particularly those close to the eel ... |
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Children’s diet Poor families living in towns were unable to provide their children with a healthy diet. Children like these were mainly fed on tea, ... |
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Fresh Eggs Most small farmers kept free range chickens which provided eggs for the family. Women sometimes sold surplus eggs in nearby towns and ... |
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Irish Stew After the famine there was a marked shift from arable to livestock farming. On poor upland areas tough mountain sheep were grazed. ... |
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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 ... |
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Cockles This donkey and cart are transporting baskets of cockles which the ‘cockle man’ sold in small towns and villages. This photograph was ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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