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Mike Burke (1926-2016) – Cattle Farmer – Kilmeena, County Mayo

Mike Burke (1926-2016) – Cattle Farmer – Kilmeena, County Mayo

Oct 12, 2022

As a young fellow, he would accompany a horse and cart down to the bog where they cut and dried the turf. ‘Two carts of turf would be drawn every day,’ says Mike, ‘and brought home, forty miles a day.’ It was the same with mowing the fields. ‘The whole parish was cut...
Leonard’s of Lahardane, Co Mayo

Leonard’s of Lahardane, Co Mayo

Jul 4, 2022

In 1943, Laurence Leonard, gave up his career at a wholesalers in Belmullet and opened a grocery bar that offers offering the sheepfarming community a useful array of tea, sweets, boots, shoes, hardware, seeds, wine, spirits and beer. Unlimited access for €1 a month /...
William Browne – Father of the Argentine Navy

William Browne – Father of the Argentine Navy

Mar 20, 2022

When Argentina launched its War of Independence against its Spanish overlords, William Brown of Foxford, County Mayo, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine fleet and powered his adopted country to victory. Unlimited access for €1 a month / €12 a year...
Jim O’Malley (1925-2016) – Farmer – Kilsallagh, Co Mayo

Jim O’Malley (1925-2016) – Farmer – Kilsallagh, Co Mayo

Feb 5, 2022

‘There wasn’t any place around that I didn’t walk’, he says. ‘I hunted all over those hills. Fowling, mostly. Me and the dog, looking for partridge and grouse. But I’m a little too old for that crack now’. You wouldn’t think it. Perhaps it’s the damp Mayo air but this...
Mick King (1924-2013) – Farmer of Lanmore

Mick King (1924-2013) – Farmer of Lanmore

Jan 22, 2022

‘I never bothered my head about marriage, but I tell you, when my father and mother were alive, you couldn’t go bringing a woman into an old house like this.' A charming bachelor farmer from County Mayo recalls his days working on the bogs of Allenwood, bringing...