Book
Graziers and grasslands: portrait of a rural Meath community 1854-1914
Irish Academic Press • (16) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 72
By: Gilligan, Jim.
Abstract
This is an historical study of post-famine agricultural change in a parish in County Meath, documenting a shift from traditional subsistence farming to commercial cattle grazing. Depopulation of the region due to the famine opened up land for ranching, which replaced farming as the primary economic activity. In the 1900s, an anti-grazing movement that tried to restore the traditional farming economy met with little success. A chapter is devoted to the successful business of one rancher, representing this new entrepreneurial class.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- British Isles
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1854-1911
- Coverage Place
- Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Leinster, Ireland
- Notes
- Jim Gilligan
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 00502997
- LCSH
- Land tenure--Ireland--Dunshaughlin--History
- Dunshaughlin (Ireland)--History