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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

A major project has received significant European Union (EU) funding to investigate how commercial cattle farming first emerged in Europe, setting in motion economic, social and environmental shifts that shaped the continent from the medieval period to the modern era.

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