Dairy Expansion
County Limerick’s dairy economy was changing rapidly around 1900 as the Maypole Dairy Company strengthened...
Agriculture and Rural Life
Historical stories concerning farming, land ownership, rural labour, livestock, fairs, markets, estates, villages and countryside life in Limerick and Ireland between 1900 and 2000, including the changing experiences of farmers, labourers and rural families.
Mortgage Fetter
A mortgage dispute involving County Limerick auctioneer John Browne and Patrick Ryan, a farmer of...
Shannon Resistance
At the opening of the twentieth century, Limerick’s fishery interests faced a proposal they believed...
Shannon Opposition
The surviving newspaper evidence dates this report to 2 January 1900 rather than 1 January,...
Potato Findings
Important results from agricultural experiments conducted across County Limerick were reported on 23 January 1900....
Inquiry Announced
The Inspectors of Irish Fisheries announced that they would hold an official inquiry in Limerick...
Tenant Payments
Judge Richard Adams delivered an important ruling during the Limerick Quarter Sessions concerning the fixing...
Fisheries Alarm
The Limerick Fishery Conservators intensified their opposition to the Shannon Water and Electric Power Bill...
Shannon Defence
On 2 January 1900, the Limerick Fishery Conservators unanimously opposed the scheme promoted by the...
Grazing Dominance
Cattle grazing remains more profitable than tillage in many Irish districts, encouraging landowners and substantial...
Creamery Rivalry
Local disputes are arising between co-operative creameries owned by milk suppliers and privately operated concerns...
Creamery Contest
Agricultural co-operation is challenging the private commercial control long exercised over Irish butter production and...
Creamery Expansion
Co-operative creameries continue to spread across rural Ireland under the influence of Horace Plunkett and...
Farming Progress
The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction is promoting improved farming methods, livestock breeding, dairying...
Farming Department
The newly established Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland has begun assuming responsibility...
Labourers Organise
Agricultural labourers throughout County Limerick and the wider Munster countryside continue to campaign for better...
Harvest Journeys
Seasonal migration remains essential to many small farming and labouring households across western Ireland and...
Estates Reorganised
The Congested Districts Board is continuing its efforts to purchase and reorganise estates in the...
Western Hardship
Congestion, fragmented holdings and poor soil continue to govern the lives of thousands of families...
Rural Unrest
Agrarian agitation has become especially influential across Connacht and parts of Munster, where tenant farmers,...
Purchase Delayed
Tenant purchase continues under the existing Irish Land Acts, allowing some farmers to replace rent...
Tenants Restored
Evicted tenants remain at the centre of Ireland’s land agitation, with nationalist representatives demanding that...
Boycott Pressure
Boycotting and organised public pressure are being employed in some Irish districts against landlords, graziers...
Land Grabbers
The hostile term “land grabber” continues to be directed against tenants who enter farms from...
Holdings Enlarged
Campaigners are demanding that uneconomic smallholdings be enlarged through the redistribution of extensive grazing land....
Grazing Challenged
The United Irish League is expanding its campaign against large grazing farms and the concentration...
Land Dominates
The land question remains the dominant economic and social issue across rural Ireland, shaping political...
Wyndham Appointed
George Wyndham has been appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in succession to Gerald Balfour, placing...
National Programme
The reunited Irish Parliamenme Rule, land reform and the restoration of an Irish legislature responsible...
O’Brien’s Organisation
William O’Brien has emerged as the chief organiser behind the renewed strength of constitutional nationalism,...