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Farm and Country Life 1916

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July 26, 2016
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10th & 11th June 2016

Teagasc, Athenry, County Galway, Ireland.

Photos: Gerry Ahern

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Mellows College, Entrance to the Exhibition Arenas

Entrance to Farm and Country Life 2016

Crowds arriving by bus

Some of the huge crowd that attended the exhibition

Through the Time Tunnel

The Gigantic Arena

The Welcoming Teagasc Staff

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Shops around the time of 1916

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National School Classroom

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Shops and Crafts of Yesteryear and Today

Grocer

Distillery

Saddler and Harness Maker

Tinsmith

Cobbler

Basket Weaver

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Rural House Kitchen

Rural House

Rural House Kitchen

IFA President, Joe Healy and rural ‘Housewives’

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Eviction Scenes

A Typical rural village

Police, Landlord’s Agents and Battering-ram arrive

Landlord, His Agents and Police confer

The Scene before Destruction of House and Eviction

The Battering-ram used to destroy the house

House destroyed and the Family out on the road

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Poultry

Poultry Breeds on Display

Circa 1916 Poultry Enclosure

Hens and Geese

Cock and Hens

1916 Roosting Lean-to

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Exhibits in the Big Field

Sowing Potatoes with a Spade

Piggery

Sheep Cock makers Slaking the thirst

Shorthorn Cow

Shorthorn Twin Calves

Blackface Mountain Sheep

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Haymaking Machinery (circa 1916)

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Single Horse Mower

Pierce No. 8 Mower

Swath Turner

Hay Turners made by Pierce of Wexford

Hay Turners made by Pierce of Wexford

Hay Cart

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Ploughs, Rollers and Seeders

Plough

Rollers

Plough and ?

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Man and Horse Ploughing

Ploughing circa 1916

Harrowing

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