The Environment Edge

Dublin City farming & the big flood in the 1950s – Part 1


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A thriving agricultural industry was going on in Dublin city in the 1950s, from pigs and horses to cows. 

 

In the first of a two part series, Mary Kennedy and Mick Denver chat to us about the rare auld times as kids in Dublin city and listen in to hear about horse studs, TB, swine flu, the big Tolka flood and much more.

 

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