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

1947 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Westmeath Examiner, 28.06.1947

English Farmers Visit Eire1

Accepting an invitation from the Irish Farmers’ Federation, thirty-six farmers, members of Devonshire branches of the NFU, came over for the RDS Spring Show and to visit farms in different counties. The arrangements for their visit were made by the Irish Farmers’ Federation. Hotel accommodation was secured at two hotels in Dun Laoghaire. Briefly we give a resume of their trip and below we give their impressions of Eire.

The party arrived at Dun Laoghaire on 6th May, at 6 am being met and welcomed on the pier by members of the IFF. Having breakfasted, they left to spend the long day at the RDS show and were welcomed there by members of the RDS committee. Wednesday they visited Dublin Cattle, Market and Store Sales, also the Abbatoir, in the afternoon some attended the RDS while others went to Phoenix Park Races. Thursday they travelled by bus to visit farms in County Dublin and County Louth, lunching at Drogheda, and visiting Messrs Clarke and Jeffers’ Cattle Sales, returning to Dublin in time to attend a theatre. Friday they visited Glendalough and farms in County Wicklow, but heavy rain made some of the proposed visits impossible, so the party spent two hours over a very homely tea at Ashford where several of the local members of the IFF came to join them. Saturday they spent around Dublin and were entertained to a lunch by the IFF and they returned on Saturday evening’s boat. The object of the visit was to try and establish a closer friendship and co-operation between the farmers of the two countries.

In conclusion I can say that farmers were delighted to meet their neighbours from Devonshire, “a grand lot of fellows, real farmers,” is the comment everywhere, and we look forward to meeting them again.

Elizabeth F. Bobbett. General Secretary, IFF, Wicklow.

1 - A similar text was published in: Irish Farmers’ Federation, Farming in Ireland, Yearbook 1947, pp. 48.

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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 Westmeath Examiner, 28.06.1947, 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/1947-06-28-147.html, consulted on .

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