Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.3. Correspondence, Letters to newspapers

1940 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Kerryman, 20.04.1940

Irish Farmer’s Federation1

A meeting of the National Executive of the Irish Farmer’s Federation was held in the Ormond Hotel, Dublin, on the 11th April. Mr. Richard Hipwell, President, presided. It was decided that our representatives on the Consultative Agricultural Council be instructed to press for the abolition of the restrictions on the sale of eggs, as the new regulations are hampering production.

It was also decided to give evidence before the Summer Time Commission.

Delegates were appointed to attend a meeting with representatives of the Federation of Irish Manufacturers, Ltd., the deputation to be as follows Messrs William E. Clune, George Wardell, Edward Dunne. John Murphy and John Rooney.

Messrs. John J. McArdle, John Rooney and George Wardell reported on the several meetings with representatives of Clann na Talmhan and Kerry Farmers’ Association with the object of uniting all Farmers’ Associations. The meeting decided that each Association should keep its own name and set up a Co-ordinating Committee of the United Farmers’ Organisations.

A vote of sympathy was passed with Mr. John Murphy, Dundalk, on the death of his brother-in-law. Attention was drawn to the unsuitable hours at which items of interest to farmers are broadcast.

1 - The same letter was published by the Westmeath Examiner, 27.04.1940.

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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: Letter to the Kerryman, 20.04.1940, 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/1940-04-20-68.html, consulted on .

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