AGRICULTURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF IRELAND
Cumann Stair Thalmhaíocht na hÉireann
SUMMER CONFERENCE 2024
22–23 AUGUST
‘HISTORIES OF THE HORSE IN IRELAND’
Thursday 22 August
Irish National Stud & Gardens Irish Racecourse Experience Tour
Tully, Co. Kildare
(Photo credit: Michael O'Connell)
Presentations
Professor Jim McAdam Queen’s University Belfast
Terry Cunningham
MSc, University of Galway
‘Kildalton College: Foundation and in Recent History’
Friday 23 August
Kildalton College
Some Fine Connemara Broodstock
Photo Credit: Jim McAdam
Photo Credit: Michael O'Connell
Presentations
Larry O’Loughlin
Retired Regional Manager, Teagasc
‘Growing Up on a Farm in Rosenallis in the 1950s and
1960s’
Luke McGuinness
Retired Agricultural Entrepreneur
‘My Memories of Growing Up in Rural County Meath’
Kildalton College
Equine-Themed Tour of the College and Facilities
(Photo credit: Michael O'Connell)
Presentations:
Dr Rena Maguire
University College Dublin
‘Straw and Order: The Use of Hay and Rushes in
Leo Powell
Contributing Editor of the Irish Field
‘A Recent History of the Irish Bloodstock Industry’