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 Archaeology Ireland.

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.