This book examines Irish rural society and its basic social unit – the family farm – as well as important issues such as neighbourly ties and the use of hired l…
The book deals with changing methods of crop and livestock production during the ‘Age of Improvement’ in Ireland, and some of the ways in which they shaped rura…
Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the Agricultural History Society of Ireland, this book explores the relat…