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FROM 1870 - 1914 > FARMING |
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Tattie Hokers
During the harvest season poor farmers from the west of Ireland took the opportunity to earn money by travelling around the country ... |
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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 ... |
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Creameries
From 1900 on, creameries were established in all parts of Ireland. Dairy farmers sent their milk to the creamery in special metal cans. ... |
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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 ... |
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Rising Incomes
Following the famine in the 1840s farmers’ incomes had been rising steadily. With the increased profits strong farmers were now able to ... |
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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 ... |
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Eviction Statistics
Even when the agricultural depression was over and incomes were rising, poor farmers still faced the prospect of being thrown out or ... |
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Eviction Scene
If farmers were unable to pay their rents they risked eviction from their holdings. This meant that they would be forcibly removed from ... |
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United Irish League
In the late 1890s the failure of the potato crop in western counties such as Donegal raised fears of a new famine. These poor ... |
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Land Purchase
The greatest change in farming during this period was the change in land ownership as tenant farmers bought out their holdings with ... |
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