Overlooking the River Mourne : four centuries of family farms in Edymore and Cavanalee in County Tyrone / Michael Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family farms--Northern Ireland--Tyrone--History.

Family farms.

Farm life--Northern Ireland--Tyrone--History.

Farm life.

Tyrone (Northern Ireland)--History, Local.

Tyrone (Northern Ireland).

Tyrone (Northern Ireland)--Genealogy.

Tyrone (Northern Ireland)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Place of Publication:

Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The close ties between the people and the land in Ulster has only within the last two generations, been replaced by a more urban 'modern' lifestyle. This study of the farms and farming families, on two thousand acres of hilly terrain in two adjacent townlands, Edymore and Cavanalee, south-east of Strabane and overlooking the River Mourne, is a model for local studies. The story is based on research in one of the greatest collections of estate records in Britain or Ireland, the Abercorn Papers in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Before 1600 the land belonged to the great

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Appendices; Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Location; 1 In the Beginning An O'Neill Cattle Ranch?; 2 Farms and Farmers from 1600 to 1750; 3 Hand tools and Aching Backs Farms and farmers from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century; 4 Farming Families from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century; 5 A Century of Change Farms and farmers from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century; 6 Social Life and Livelihoods Farming families from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century

7 The Tractor and the Electronic Age Farms and farmers from 1945 to 20008 Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; Appendix 9; Appendix 10; Appendix 11; Appendix 12; Index; Footnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-113) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-908448-28-8