Given the nature of farming, it doesn’t typically lead to a life of notoriety. Between milking, feeding and fieldwork, there...
Ryan Dennis is the author of The Beasts They Turned Away, a novel set on an Irish dairy farm. He shares...
After an incredible response from writers that resulted in a large collection of talented work, judge Gráinne Murphy took on...
Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
The Irish are renowned storytellers. From Nobel prize winning literature to pub talk we are saturated in stories. We listen...
In 1980, the year I worked for the Census, there were over 30 days when even the nighttime temperature was...
It’s getting harder to find what can be called a farm movie. As the number of agricultural holdings decrease, so...
Previously, novelist Gráinne Murphy announced her shortlist of three essays and ten short stories for the 2023 Best in Rural...
The inaugural Best in Rural Writing Contest has now come to an end. The Milk House is grateful to the...
Crossing Places At the crossing places when the river is still and ghosts untangle themselves from the trees you can...
I was twelve when I figured out God. Mom was a devout Presbyterian who taught Sunday school. Every evening she...
One of the first actions the British Government took after their withdrawal from the EU on the 1st January was...