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Farmers stage 24-hour prayer vigil for fine weather on Kerry-Cork border - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:10 PDT

St Joseph’s parish church in RathmoreFarmers in Cork and Kerry staged a 24-hour prayer vigil for fine weather last week, as the region deals with an ongoing fodder crisisHundreds of people showed up for the vigil in Rathmore, in the shadow of the Paps Mountains in Co Kerry, reports the Irish ExaminerThe vigil was held in St Joseph’s parish church at the request of the people in the area READ MORE

Tragic scenes at Cork farmer and little daughter’s funeral after double drowning (IrishCentral)

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:59:12 PDT

By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS

Rebecca McCarthy held her three-year-old daughter Clarissa’s favorite toy as the young girl was laid to rest in the same coffin as her father, Martin McCarthy, in West Cork.

McCarthy drowned his daughter and then took his own life earlier in the week in an incident that has shocked the community of Ballydehob.

Donegal farmer feared crows would pluck out his eyeballs after quad crash (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:08:11 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A Donegal farmer feared crows would pluck his eyes out as he lay trapped under a quad bike after a crash when checking his sheep on remote farmland.

Cork farmer drowns daughter and commits suicide over marriage break down with American wife (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:26:34 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

An Irish farmer drowned his three-year-old daughter before killing himself over fears his American wife would bring the child to live in the United States. Martin McCarthy (50), a farmer, had been treated for depression and a heart condition and was deeply upset as his marriage to Rebecca (26), from California was breaking down.

Not a blacksmith, an Irish poet priest in Camden still works the bellows following an old farmer’s philosophy (IrishCentral)

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:16:39 PST

Father Michael with his signed Heaney poemIt’s a terrible day: Thanks be to GodMichael Doyle’s grandfather would say those words coming home soaked to the bone after plowing his fields in a cold rain with the help of the neighbors and their horses in north County Longford many years agoHe had done what he had to and it was good to be home by a warm fireAnother day soon he’d be out in the same helping the neighbors with their fields READ MORE

Irish farmer told repossession workers to strip and get in the boar pen (IrishCentral)

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:52:21 PST

By: MICHELLE K. SMITH

Two men working for a Dublin repossession company were told to strip and get in a pen with a wild boar after a confrontation with a farmer, reports the Independent.

Sad passings of dear friends and my prediction that Irish farmers will soon be rearing huge rats (IrishCentral)

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:16:31 PST

Illustration by Caty BartholomewEagles soared over the golden crown of Errigal in Donegal that afternoon a couple of short years ago as the sun shone down on a merry and different kind of wedding in a small chapel in the foothills And there was an element of that wedding in the cozy stained glass sancterior which I will always remember with pure joyAt some point after the couple exchanged their rings of love at the altar, there was a real Gaelic musical celebration of the occasion Even the beautiful dark-haired bride left her new husband for the interlude as she joined her five sisters and her sisters-in-law in a deeply rich Celtic choral celebration of that day of joy READ MORE

Food job boosts at Kerry Group as Irish farmers get angry and protest Irish government (IrishCentral)

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:15:14 PDT

By: PADDY CLANCY

The Irish food industry got its biggest boost ever on Tuesday in a jobs announcement made as farmers marched through Dublin to protect their money from the EU and to protest against planned budget cuts to their industry.

Five Irish farmers ride Route 66 from LA to Chicago in their vintage tractors for cancer charity (IrishCentral)

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:29:58 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

It's just the sort of story guaranteed to catch the public eye. Five Irishmen and a vintage tractor named Betsy have begun an epic trek across the famous Route 66 to benefit the Irish Cancer Society.

Forget Playboy -- Sexy Irish farmers strip off for charity calendar - PHOTOS (IrishCentral)

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:24:01 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

SEE PHOTOS: The 2013 naked Irish Farmers Calendar slideshow

The 2013 naked Irish Farmers Calendar slideshow (IrishCentral)

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:54:09 PDT

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SEE PHOTOS: The 2013 naked Irish Farmers Calendar slideshow

Autumn beckons as farmers headed to Listowel races -- Race meeting captured harvest time celebration and craic (IrishCentral)

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:47:32 PDT

The Listowel RacesYou can feel the change in the air here with the last week, that lovely smell of autumn Autumn smells different in the city, usually of burning coal or whatever they burn in their fireplacesDown the country it feels fresh, where a shower of rain could knock the cobwebs out of you very fast September is a beautiful, but very strange month READ MORE

Irish farmer buys back land he sold for $2 million for $75,000 (IrishCentral)

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:29:29 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

An Irish farmer has bought back land he sold at the height of the Celtic Tiger for close to $2 million for just $75,000.

Elderly farmer killed by agitated cow in West Clare tragedy (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 May 2012 04:33:29 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

An elderly farmer has died after he was attacked by a cow on the family farm in County Clare.

Ireland’s farmers poised to supply top quality steaks to US consumers as BSE ban ends (IrishCentral)

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:55:34 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish beef is on the way back to America – with five star restaurants set to taste juicy stakes from across the Atlantic once again.

Irish farmer fined $33,000 for destroying ancient monument “ring fort” (IrishCentral)

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:49:14 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

A 64-year-old farmer has been fined €25,000 ($33,000) for destroying a 1,000-year-old ring fort, which was recognized as a national monument.

Death of two elderly farmers sparks murder suicide probe (IrishCentral)

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:15:17 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The discovery of the bodies of two elderly brothers-in-law in Co. Carlow yesterday sparked a suspected murder-suicide probe.

Making money from Ireland's bog (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:25:27 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewThere is a young farmer over in the Sixmilebridge area who is doing a roaring trade these weeks in a most entrepreneurial fashion Because of his brainpower folk are now able to save their own turf without having to go anywhere near a bog!In these strange times when old rituals are being broken about every week by new European regulations, it is becoming increasingly difficult for traditional bogmen to cut their own turf It has something to do with protecting the dwindling number of raised bogs in Europe, not really applicable to Ireland of the endless bogs at allWe are threatened with fines costing millions if we break the rules READ MORE

Solace by Belinda McKeon (IrishCentral)

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:50:14 PDT

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Just call this Irish farmer "Big Mac" (IrishCentral)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:15:05 PST

Posted by wolfhound at 6/20/2009 9:43 PM EDTIn every field of human endeavor, there are those for whom "good" is just not good enoughLike the drug companies that work around the clock to quickly change their best-selling headache pill into one that doesn't cause an immediate eyeball explosion, so even the humble farrmer can rise above the rest of the crowd And when he does, it is only right that his efforts are recognizedAnd so it is with both Irish pride and gratitude that Wolfie salutes an old cattle rancher from (pardon me if my spelling is slightly innacurate) County Awfully, whose little patch of heaven has just been named a "flagship farm" by McDonald's READ MORE