going to the creamery

pathway33

is there any farmer bringing their own milk to the creamery these days or is it all bulk collection in the farm yard?

Creamery manager

Yes there are some farmers still bringing their milk to the creamery, this is at Newtownsandes co-op creamery Moyvane Co. Kerry

For your information I have published a new book titled 'A hunderd years of going to the Creamery'

alejandro1977

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I can recall down in West Cork dropping off the churns to what we called the creamery.

Some still do this but others drive the tank (on wheels) into the creamery

jeff greene

I remember going with my father and its a great shame it was stopped. Sure its a job less to do now but it was a great social gathering, it also kept a shop/PO going in the village which is now gone.

vincenzolorenzo

jeff greene wrote: »

I remember going with my father and its a great shame it was stopped. Sure its a job less to do now but it was a great social gathering, it also kept a shop/PO going in the village which is now gone.

It was grand when everyone in the parish was producing a couple of churns at a time. Not really practical in todays world when quantities being produced on farms are so much higher

jeff greene

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

It was grand when everyone in the parish was producing a couple of churns at a time. Not really practical in todays world when quantities being produced on farms are so much higher

Would the opposite not be true too, loading tanks onto trailers, driving to the creamery in small cab-less tractors or before that horses. Today every farm has big tractors and a 4 x 4 to pull big tanks. The closure of the creameries was also a big factor in those small farms giving up dairy.

Creamery manager

It was not just the bringing of the mlk but the socil aspects of the creamery as a meeting place, a place where the latest news was found, the latest 'ska' various 'experts' were found at every branch, It was also where the local postman could deliver many of his letters

Muckit

Creamery manager wrote: »

Yes there are some farmers still bringing their milk to the creamery, this is at Newtownsandes co-op creamery Moyvane Co. Kerry

For your information I have published a new book titled 'A hunderd years of going to the Creamery'

Where can your book be bought? What area did you focus on, is it an all over ireland view of cremeries or does it juist focus on a few?

My father drew milk to our local creamery for over twenty years with a tractor and 20' trailer. It might be a nice present for him

whelan1

my da helped make a similar book years ago , think milk to market it was called , pat doyle did the most of it afair...lovely pics of years ago

Creamery manager

The book is focused on the system rather than an actual history, its about one , its about all based, on the mid 1950's it has 160 photos and images and a full listing of all creameries and their managers in 1956.
It is titled 'A hundred years of Going to the Creamery' and is readily available currently in the south, if required contact me at creameryjaq@gmail.com

keep going

Creamery manager wrote: »

It was not just the bringing of the mlk but the socil aspects of the creamery as a meeting place, a place where the latest news was found, the latest 'ska' various 'experts' were found at every branch, It was also where the local postman could deliver many of his letters

and now instead we talk to people on line. not half as good but still plenty of bull

JohnBoy

are you the guy from around mitchelstown? book has a green cover? my dad has a copy if so.