Old Farming Ways is a new Series presented by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 6, ‘Land History’ Cross & Kilballyowen native, Paddy Naughton tells us about his family’s land and the names tied to the fields and traditions. Paddy tells us about tillage and the different work the work horse would do on the farm back then.

Old Farming Ways is a new Series presented by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 5, ‘Ploughing’ Cross & Kilballyowen native, Paddy Naughton tells us about his earliest memories of ploughing with his father and family. Ploughing was done by horse in those days and barley, oats, potatoes and turnip was planted. Paddy tells us how the house drawn plough worked and the different names for the equipment used.

Old Farming Ways is a new Series presented by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 4, ‘The Land’ Lisheen native, Bernie O’ Connor tells us about his land and the old Gaelic names for each field, there translation and how some names were passed down thru the generations.

Old Farming Ways is a new Series presented by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 3, ‘Pig Farming’ Carmel O’ Connor casts her memory back to when her father, William Commane of Rockmount Cross and the days when he kept over 300 pigs. Carmel tells us how her father used gruel to feed the pigs back in the old days and when it was phased out. She also tells us about her father’s ability to make their own clothes and how he taught her to sew & stitch. 

Old Farming Ways is a new series by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 2, ‘Turf Cutting’ Bernie O’ Connor tells us about his days cutting turf in Lissycasey Co, Clare. He talks about his first experience with the bog, the tools used like the sleán and the hard work involved in cutting it, footing it and bringing the turf home for the winter to head farm house.

Old Farming Ways is a new series presented by Adrian O’ Connor. In Episode 1, ‘Old Machinery’ The hay car, or hay boggie, was used to bring in the hay from the fields. The trams of hay were winched on board using ropes and a ratchet system. Adrian chats with his uncle Bernie about those days when all the work on the land was done by horse drawn machines like the Hay Rake. The hay rake collected, or raked up, the hay in order to make ‘hay Trams’ in the fields. Bernie explains how a tumbling paddy worked.