An investigatin of transhumance practices in ireland and their role in settlement and society c. 1500 to c. 1900 AD

Eugene Costello

Transhumance, or 'booleying', was once a major theme in the farming life of several parts of Ireland, and involved the annual movement of people and their livestock to upland booley sites for the summer. Through a number of regional case-studies, a multi-disciplinary approach will be used in this project to investigate the evolving role of transhumance in Irish farming from c.1500 to the end of the 19^thcentury AD and shed light on the reasons for its disappearance from Irish society.

email: e.costello12nuigalway.ie