Feehan, John. Farming in Ireland: History, Heritage and Environment. First Edition. Dublin, Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, 2003. 21 x 30cm. (16), 606 pages, 8 colour plates, black and white illustrations and figures throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with minor edge wear, now inside clear archival jacket. Internally bright and clean.

A study of the entire sweep of Irish farming through its long history, focusing in particular on the way farming has shaped the natural and cultural endowment of the island, and reviewing the state of that endowment today. Successive chapters review the main phases of Ireland’s farming history from the arrival of the first farmers some 6,500 years ago. The processes and activities of farming that effect change in the environment are reviewed, as is the material legacy it has left on the ground. An important series of chapters at the centre of the book provides an overview of each of the major natural habitats on or adjacent to farmland. Over the last few decades the farmed landscape – and the nature of farming – have changed more profoundly than at any time in a history characterised by change. Irish farming today stands at a critical crossroads, and the concluding chapter of Farming in Ireland attempts to trace its path into the future in the light of our new and growing awareness of the entire spectrum of environmental values.

Chapters – 1: The Origins and Early Ages of Farming, 2: The First Irish Farmers, 3: Farming in Medieval Ireland, 4: The Twilight of Gaelic Farming: 16th and 17th century Farming, 5: Reluctant Revolution: Farming in the 18th and 19th centuries, 6: Farming and the Environment after the Famine, 7: Agricultural Education, 8: The Plants of the Farm, 9: The Animals of the Farm, 10: Wild Plants and Animals in Farming, 11: Shaping the Land: The Practice of Farming, 12: Relics of Early Farming in the Rural Landscape, 13: Trees and Woods on the Farm, 14: Field Boundaries – Hedgerows and Walls, 15: Grassland, 16: Arable Land, 17: Freshwater Habitats, 18: Beyond the Fields: Mires, Heaths and Coast, 19: The Countryside We Want: Farming and the Environment Today and Tomorrow

• Keywords: History & Culture · History of Ireland
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781902277592
• Dust Jacket
• Inventory Number: 100491AB

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