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Major EU project to investigate the rise of commercial cattle farming

9 Dec 2025
Dr Eugene Costello, UCC School of History and Radical Humanities Laboratory, awarded €2m European Research Council Consolidator Grant to explore commercial cattle farming. Dr Costello is pictured in front of The Bull and Drover, a sculpture by Kevin Holland, Madden's Buildings in Blackpool, Cork. Image: Provision
  • Dr Eugene Costello, UCC School of History and Radical Humanities Laboratory, awarded €2m European Research Council Consolidator Grant to explore commercial cattle farming.
  • The project breaks new ground in global environmental history by tracing the early foundations of Europe’s commercial meat and dairy industries.
  • Researchers aim to uncover how market-driven cattle farming emerged, powered the rise of urban centres and trade, and reshaped rural societies and environments.
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