The Munster Agricultural Society has had a long, useful existence.  In the statistical survey of the County Cork, published in 1810, it is mentioned in the following terms:----

“The establishment of a farming society, though its beneficial influence can hardly be said to have reached the lower orders, has, however, done material service.  It has excited a spirit of useful competition among the higher, and rendered rural economy a favorite and fashionable pursuit”       This page is currently under development and will be available shortly.