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The Levelling is a British farm film
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10 Farm Movies from Around the World

It’s getting harder to find what can be called a farm movie. As the number of agricultural holdings decrease, so...
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Best in rural writing contest the final two
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2023 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Best Essay and Short Story

Previously, novelist Gráinne Murphy announced her shortlist of three essays and ten short stories for the 2023 Best in Rural...
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Winner announcement
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2023 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Winner Announcement

The inaugural Best in Rural Writing Contest has now come to an end. The Milk House is grateful to the...
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Magpie and Mouse, poems by Liz Quirke
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3 Poems by Liz Quirke

Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
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67 Years Later, How a Farm Accident Changed our Lives by Carol Fellin

Even after so many years, tears still fill my eyes when I think of my brother’s farm accident. That was...
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The Valley of Uggool, where the Irish famine and feast happened
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A Feast and a Famine, by Stephen Reilly

The Irish are renowned storytellers. From Nobel prize winning literature to pub talk we are saturated in stories. We listen...
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10 farm novels for reading
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10 Farm Novels for Winter Reading

Ryan Dennis is the author of The Beasts They Turned Away, a novel set on an Irish dairy farm. He shares...
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Best in Rural Writing 2023 Shortlist
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2023 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Shortlist

After an incredible response from writers that resulted in a large collection of talented work, judge Gráinne Murphy took on...
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2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Shortlist

The judge of the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest, Dr. Chea Parton, just completed the difficult task of choosing 10...
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Nicki Griffin writes about the natural world
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3 Poems by Nicki Griffin

Crossing Places  At the crossing places when the river is still and ghosts untangle themselves from the trees you can...
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A Body in Motion by Elizabeth Rosen
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A Body In Motion by Elizabeth Rosen

“I know what Winnie the Pooh would say,” Jasmine tells me. She is driving with one arm hanging out the...
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A Lick of Common Sense by Danyl A. Doyle

I was twelve when I figured out God.   Mom was a devout Presbyterian who taught Sunday school. Every evening she...
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