Saturday 19 July
11am - 1pm.

【Talk:Roads Less Travelled】

𝐿𝒾𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃𝑒 𝒫𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝐼𝓃𝑔𝓇𝒾𝒹 𝐿𝓎𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝐵𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝐵𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝒶𝓃𝒹
𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓭𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓬𝓮
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‘𝐹𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒞𝒶𝓇’ 𝒶 𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝑀𝒶𝓉𝓉 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓉 𝐼𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝒜𝑔𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑀𝓊𝓈𝑒𝓊𝓂

𝐹𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒞𝒶𝓇 by Curator Matt Wheeler reveals the history of the Wexford Engineering ‘Star’ site and how it transformed from the manufacture of ‘Star’ ploughs to assembling Renault 4 cars.

Wheeler became curator in 2011 at the Irish Agriculture Museum and added new exhibitions, including the Harvesting Machinery Hall. The Irish Agriculture Museum's collection has documented changes in farming life in the wake of the industrial revolution, in particular the move away from horse-powered machinery to those powered by engines. 

The collections are organised by agricultural themes, such as dairy, the laundry, the kitchen, sugar beet farming and so on. The collection contains an artefact in The Irish Times/A History of Ireland in 100 Objects, a washing machine from the early 1950s and there are a number of full-scale replicas of workshops of a blacksmith, cooper, wheelwright, harness maker and basket maker. 

With the iconic car parked in Johnstown Castle Estate’s farm courtyard, this pit stop will be an opportunity to hear more about the origins of this joined adventure which started last year when visual artist Liliane Puthod fixed her late father’s Renault 4 with the help of friends mechanics in her hometown in Haute-Savoie before driving across France to Ireland accompanied by writer Ingrid Lyons.

Co. Wexford tour de force pit stop in partnership with Irish Agriculture Museum.