Study of Ireland's historic consumption of dairy and cereals
'The preoccupation with dairy cows is reflected in the prime importance of milk and dairy products in the general diet.' Picture: Popperfoto/Getty Images
THE remarkably low consumption of meat and more particularly fish in historical dietary patterns in Ireland have been outlined in a recently published article in .
Professor Muiris O’Sullivan (University College Dublin), and Liam Downey, former Director of Teagasc and Adjunct Professor of Archaeology at UCD, traced the food consumption trends from the earliest times.
