Useful links
www.workinghorses.ie
A website all around working horses in Ireland, full of information on events, web links, training etc.
www.irishworkinghorseassociation.com
Official website of the Irish Working Horse Association
www.colouredheavies.com
Irish Cob stud in Fermoy/North Cork - lots of great potential work horses for sale!
www.ruralheritage.com
U.S. organisation for the use of horses in farming
www.britishhorseloggers.org
UK association for horse loggers
www.fectu.org
European work animal association
www.ig-zugpferde.de
German work horse association
www.sieltec-geschirr.de
nylon rope/foam harness
www.tarnsjogarveri.se
Swedish harness makers
www.bluehorseequine.co.uk
Online shop offering equipment around the heavy horse
also imports horse-drawn implements form the U.S.
www.heavyhorseworld.co.uk
Website of the British work horse magazine "Heavy Horse World"
www.animaltraction.com
Website with information, resources and links about the use of animals as a power source
http://trojanheavyhorses.blogspot.com/
Website of Irish horse logger, Tom Nixon, based in Galway
A website all around working horses in Ireland, full of information on events, web links, training etc.
www.irishworkinghorseassociation.com
Official website of the Irish Working Horse Association
www.colouredheavies.com
Irish Cob stud in Fermoy/North Cork - lots of great potential work horses for sale!
www.ruralheritage.com
U.S. organisation for the use of horses in farming
www.britishhorseloggers.org
UK association for horse loggers
www.fectu.org
European work animal association
www.ig-zugpferde.de
German work horse association
www.sieltec-geschirr.de
nylon rope/foam harness
www.tarnsjogarveri.se
Swedish harness makers
www.bluehorseequine.co.uk
Online shop offering equipment around the heavy horse
also imports horse-drawn implements form the U.S.
www.heavyhorseworld.co.uk
Website of the British work horse magazine "Heavy Horse World"
www.animaltraction.com
Website with information, resources and links about the use of animals as a power source
http://trojanheavyhorses.blogspot.com/
Website of Irish horse logger, Tom Nixon, based in Galway
Further reading
Books
By Lynn R. Miller:
(Published by Small Farmer’s Journal, Sisters, Oregon)
v Buying and setting up your small farm or ranch
(contains two very useful chapters on horse-powered farming)
v Work Horse Handbook
(very helpful, explains the basics of working with horses)
v Training workhorses, training teamsters
v Horsedrawn tillage tools
v Horsedrawn plows and plowing
By Sallie Walrond:
(Published by J.A. Allen, London)
v “Breaking a horse to harness”
By Maurice Telleen:
(Published by Rodale Press, Emmaus, USA)
v The draft horse primer
By Marthe Kiley Worthington:
(Published by Whittet Books, Stowmarket, UK)
v Equine Education
By Mary McGrath and Joan C. Griffith:
(Published by The Collins Press, Cork)
v The Irish Draught Horse
Magazines
v Heavy Horse World
UK based quarterly magazine on work horses
Details: www.heavyhorseworld.co.uk
v Small Farmer’s Journal
US based quarterly magazine on small-scale farming methods using work horses
Details: Small Farmer’s Journal, P.O. Box 1627, Sisters, Oregon, OR 97759, USA
v Starke Pferde
German based quarterly magazine on work horses and other work animals
Details: www.starke-pferde.de
Articles, interviews and weblinks
http://www.feasta.org/documents/wells/contents.html?six/pinney.html
Great article on how practical it would be to return to using horses as power source.
Claire Morrissey kindly gave her permission to have her dissertation included on this website. All rights reserved.
By Lynn R. Miller:
(Published by Small Farmer’s Journal, Sisters, Oregon)
v Buying and setting up your small farm or ranch
(contains two very useful chapters on horse-powered farming)
v Work Horse Handbook
(very helpful, explains the basics of working with horses)
v Training workhorses, training teamsters
v Horsedrawn tillage tools
v Horsedrawn plows and plowing
By Sallie Walrond:
(Published by J.A. Allen, London)
v “Breaking a horse to harness”
By Maurice Telleen:
(Published by Rodale Press, Emmaus, USA)
v The draft horse primer
By Marthe Kiley Worthington:
(Published by Whittet Books, Stowmarket, UK)
v Equine Education
By Mary McGrath and Joan C. Griffith:
(Published by The Collins Press, Cork)
v The Irish Draught Horse
Magazines
v Heavy Horse World
UK based quarterly magazine on work horses
Details: www.heavyhorseworld.co.uk
v Small Farmer’s Journal
US based quarterly magazine on small-scale farming methods using work horses
Details: Small Farmer’s Journal, P.O. Box 1627, Sisters, Oregon, OR 97759, USA
v Starke Pferde
German based quarterly magazine on work horses and other work animals
Details: www.starke-pferde.de
Articles, interviews and weblinks
- The case for returning to real live horse power, by Charlie Pinney
http://www.feasta.org/documents/wells/contents.html?six/pinney.html
Great article on how practical it would be to return to using horses as power source.
- A Sustainability Comparison between Horse Tractionand Tractor Traction on Small Farm Holdings in Ireland
Claire Morrissey kindly gave her permission to have her dissertation included on this website. All rights reserved.
| dissertation_on_horse_traction_in_ireland.pdf |
- Waste collection with horses in France
by Jacqueline Karp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/01/french-recycling-horse-and-cart
- Radio Interview on working with horses in forestry in Ireland
http://www.facebook.com/rtehomegrown#!/posted.php?id=104399489615609&share_id=134934913225355&comments=1#s134934913225355
- Television interview from the 1970s with a farmer using Shire horses in England
http://www.macearchive.org.uk/Media.html?Title=15365
- Ploughing day held in Oberhaunstadt, Bavaria, Germany in Spring 2011 - slide show
http://img217.imageshack.us/slideshow/player.php?id=img217/525/12999694626ak.smil
Press articles about Horsepower in Ireland
- Irish Times 7th/8th May 2011
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0507/1224296351285.html
