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Ciaran Buckley uses interviews which Chris Ward conducted with her father Joe to view recent Irish history through the lens of one prominent family. He brilliantly weaves together the threads of history and family memory to tell a tale of farming, politics and unbreakable family ties. The term 'strong' is broadly applied to Catholic farmers in the east of Ireland who ran large farms with power and influence. When prices permitted they concentrated on cereals; at other times they reared and traded in cattle. This story of the Ward family starts before the potato famines and encompasses the vast political and social changes in which this group of farmers played a key role. Strong Farmer sheds light on the cycle of work, trade and celebration that has always marked the farming year and brings to life the excitement of the cattle fair and the rituals of cattle dealing. The book is humorous and full of stories about markets, poor lodgings, roughnecks and clever bargaining. It also covers the cattle trade with the north of England.
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Strong Farmer is folk memory at its best, compiled in an entertaining and informative way and evoking a picture of the people and events that shaped the country. --Irish Independent
Brilliantly weaves together the threads of history and folklore to tell a tale of money, power and family ties. --lreland's Own
Older people will identify with the life described and will enjoy reading it. For younger people, it should be compulsory reading because it shows something of the evolution of a type of farming which exerted a large influence on Ireland's livestock farming over a long period of years. --The Farmers Journal
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Ciaran Buckley is a PR executive and first-time author. Chris Ward is the daughter of Joe Ward and still lives on the farm in Clonee where her family has farmed in an unbroken tradition reaching back to the eighteenth century.
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- EditoreLiberties Pr
- Data di pubblicazione2014
- ISBN 10 1905483244
- ISBN 13 9781905483242
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero edizione2
- Numero di pagine192
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