03197nam 2200565 450 991015741960332120170817212214.01-908448-28-8(CKB)2670000000521889(EBL)1620975(SSID)ssj0001112861(PQKBManifestationID)12383593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112861(PQKBWorkID)11163093(PQKB)11747496(MiAaPQ)EBC1620975(EXLCZ)99267000000052188920180730d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOverlooking the River Mourne four centuries of family farms in Edymore and Cavanalee in County Tyrone /Michael CoxBelfast :Ulster Historical Foundation,[2006]©20061 online resource (323 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-903688-44-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-113) and index.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 century7 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12; Index; Footnotes The close ties between the people and the land in Ulster has only within the last two generations, been replaced by a more urban 'modern' lifestyle.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 Family farmsNorthern IrelandTyroneHistoryFarm lifeNorthern IrelandTyroneHistoryTyrone (Northern Ireland)History, LocalTyrone (Northern Ireland)GenealogyTyrone (Northern Ireland)Social life and customsElectronic books.Family farmsHistory.Farm lifeHistory.941.6/4Cox Michael175363MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910157419603321Overlooking the River Mourne2876259UNINA