The history

The Origins

• Macra na Feirme was founded by a group of 12 agricultural advisers, rural science teachers and farmers in September 1944.
• The first headquarters of Macra Na Feirme was at the Town hall, Athy, Co. Kildare and was opened in Sepetmber 1947
• Rural science teacher Stephen Cullinan, was the first sectretary of Macra Na Feirme and the first editor of the Young Farmers Journal, which preceeded today's Irish Farmers Journal.
• Macra Na Feirme was chosen as the official title of the organisation in December 1946. The title is poetic Irish in origin, Macra means stalwarts or the elite and Na Feirme means of the land
• Macra Na Feirme today has over 8000 members in 300 clubs nation-wide.

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