Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1936 Limerick, Farmers’ Conference

Source: Limerick Leader, 10.10.1936

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, county secretary, Wicklow, said: As our time is short, and there are so many formalities to be gone through, I just wish to thank you all most sincerely for your attendance here to-day, and to see so many delegates present. Now that you have had the opportunity of meeting our members and you are assured our association is non-political and only working to help the farmers, we hope you will do all in your power to help on the formation of a National Organisation. The little benefits which have accrued from the milk strike and the recent agitation for an increased price for wheat go to show that we could achieve if we unite. Owing to the extremely high PLV on land in County Wicklow the rates are far beyond our possibility to pay them. In 1914/15, when prices for agricultural produce and stock were not as low as at present, the rates were 1/11 in the £; this year they are 9/5 in the £. The PLV on land in East Wicklow is £1 per statute acre, and our cost of production is more than double what it was in 1914/15.

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This volume of Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s writings and speeches is divided into four parts. The first section comprises 321 texts written by her. The second part contains 150 speeches and statements by Bobbett, most of which were published in newspapers. Part 3 contains 727 texts written about Bobbett by contemporaries of her or addressed to her. Finally, Part 4 is a collection of 50 source texts that are important for understanding Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s activism. Parts 3 and 4 will be made available online in March 2027.

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Elizabeth Bobbett: Speech in Limerick, Farmers’ Conference, 1936, in: Peter Moser (ed.), In her own Words. The Writings of Elizabeth F. Bobbett (1898-1971). Farmer, Feminist and Public Figure, Bern, 2026, https://www.histoirerurale.ch/editions/pages/bobbett/1936-10-10-278.html, consulted on .

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