Harvest Home 1989 Clonroche Co Wexford

Harvest Home 1989 – Clonroche, Co. Wexford A unique glimpse of Clonroche life in 1989, filmed during Harvest Home. The footage shows the traditional reaping of corn with a binder, followed by threshing in the yard of the Cloc Ban pub, bringing together local farmers, families, friends and neighbours. Among the many local people featured are Liam Frayne, Chris Forrestal, Tommy Byrne, Pat Buckley, Dick Redmond, Pat Quinn, Jim Shores, Marks Morrissey and Nickey Reilly, along with many others. This is a little piece of local history – capturing the people, farming methods, machinery and community spirit of Clonroche as they were in 1989. If you recognise anyone in the film, please leave a comment. We'd love to hear your memories of the day and identify as many of the people featured as possible. Please share this video with family, friends and anyone connected with Clonroche and the surrounding area.