Potatoes were growing wild on the plains of America. Drake or Raleigh (no one is sure which) brought them to Ireland.
That was over 300 years ago. This film follows the fortunes of three
generations of potato growers and the various farming methods
employed. Near Ballycastle, John and Alex Butler still farm with the
horses.
They re-enact the complete season between the war years 1918-1939. The Cloughmills Vintage club show us the changing farming
methods between 1936 and the 1960's. Henry Shannon and Willie
Anderson display an abundance of vintage machines still in perfect
working order. Gilmore Linton and Gerry Higgins are "intensive"
potato growers. For these two men each season is a gamble against
the odds, bad weather and often equally bad prices.
An interesting visit is paid to the "Tayto" crisp factory at
Tandragee, also "Ballymoney Foods" and in Rosemary Kennedy's kitchen
near Cullybackey, we are shown the traditional way to make Irish
Champ.

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