essay
Farm succession in modern Ireland: elements of a theory of inheritance
rural change in ireland • Belfast • Published In 1999 • Pages: 116-142
By: Kennedy, Liam.
Abstract
This article presents a model for family farm inheritance and succession based on the historiography and ethnography of rural Ireland, and using 1901-1931 demographic data from four economically distinct rural townships. Inheritance and succession are conceptualized in exchange terms. Under the model, recruitment of heirs depends on farm size, with the practice of partible inheritance on large farms and primogeniture or ultimogeniture on small farms. The author observes that the failure of large-scale capitalist farms to displace the small family farm is due in part to flexible inheritance practices and institutions of family and kinship.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- British Isles
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1911-1970
- Coverage Place
- Ireland
- Notes
- Liam Kennedy
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 99530979
- LCSH
- Ireland--Rural conditions