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Irish
Turf Cutting
For countless centuries Irish peat land (bog land) has covered much of
rural Ireland and every farmer and almost every family had their own
turf bank. Irish Turf was dug from the bogs then dried and used as a
fuel for cooking food and heating almost every home in Ireland.
Each locality had different methods of
Irish turf cutting and these are all shown on this DVD.
Depending on which part of Ireland whether it was in the up lands or
forest area different types of turf spades were used to dig the peat from the
turf bank. Two good men would have been capable of harvesting
enough turf in a week to keep the home fires
burning for a full year.
By the 1970's a tractor
driven peat cutting machine came unto the
market which was capable of cutting more
turf in an hour than the man with the spade could have done in a full week.
Times in Ireland again were changing and although people were still
working in the moss into the 1980s it is now
a rare sight to see a man with a turf spade
and barrow.
As well as the Irish turf cutting this
DVD looks at hay making in
Ireland during the 1950's and 60s. Hay was used for
feeding the livestock was another important time during the farmers
year.. We also show in this DVD small breeds of very rare
cattle, bee keeping and the housewives favourite- the keeping of the hens,
another very important part of Irish life through the generations. The end of the
DVD shows the produce going to market again a
practise carried out for 100's of years where the end produce is
sold at Killygullib Poultry Market which is one of the biggest in
Ireland.
This DVD "Those Days are Gone" is now available
to buy online or by contacting John Thompson
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