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From its progressive farming methods and model farms [1] [2] The first agricultural school in Ireland was opened in Wexford in the 1850s; [97] however, the nickname "model county" was established by 1847 [98] "Exemplar Hiberniae" is the motto chosen for the county arms in 1987. [99] Wexford : The Yellowbellies [3] [46]
In December 1918 and January 1919, in a tin hut on a dairy farm in Greenane, Tipperary, members of the brigade planned what was to be the first act of the Irish War of Independence, the Soloheadbeg Ambush. In the early part of the war, four members of the brigade were the most wanted men in Ireland.
DoneDeal is an Irish online marketplace focused on helping buyers and sellers of cars in Ireland. In 2019, the site listed more cars for sale in Ireland than any other website. The site was founded in May 2005 by Fred Karlsson, a native of Sweden, and his Irish wife Geraldine. [1] The site currently has over 300,000 live ads.
In 2015, Daft.ie along with sister company adverts.ie, were merged with Norway-based Schibsted Media's DoneDeal.ie. [3] The deal saw Distilled and Schibsted each hold a 50% shareholding in the group. [3] [8] In 2019, Schibsted spun off the majority of their online marketplaces business into a new company called Adevinta . [9]
The Nationalist is a newspaper based in Clonmel in County Tipperary, Ireland which was established in 1890.. It is a broadsheet newspaper that appears weekly, covering news, events, and sport in both Clonmel town and south Tipperary.
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...
The sweet potato’s ability to be fed to pigs as fodder without cooking made it a valuable resource for pig farming. [6] As a result, early adopters of sweet potato cultivation were able to quickly accumulate pigs and, consequently, amass considerable wealth relative to those who did not adopt the new staple food. [6]
Currently, cattle farming remains one of Ireland's most prominent sectors, with over 6.5 million cows on Irish farms, accounting for over 25 percent of agriculture output. Ireland's national breeding herd comprises 1.5 million dairy cows and 889,000 suckler cows , making Ireland's suckler cow herd the third largest in the world, following ...