1843, 1930, Lisivard, 1937 Durus Show, 1942, Bandon 1943, Carbery 1946 Bantry, and Clonakilty Shows, 1947 Skibbereen Shorthorn Breeders Show, 1947 Bantry Agricultural Show, 1948, Bantry

Given the destruction and loss of Irish  census records for the 19th century these listings contain huge detail of those exhibiting and their addresses.

Despite the perception of widespread poverty and distress in West Cork from the mid 19th century there was a cohort of middling to large farmers. Many  enjoyed leases and were improvers

In the Bandon area there were those  like in the  Bandon area T.J. Biggs, Garryhandkerdmore,  John Hurley, brewers, William Connor Sullivan. They didn’t agree on politics but worked  together to improve agriculture, bring the railway to Bandon and  endeavour to improve navigation on the Bandon river.

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