Bennett's of Ballinacurra Descriptive List (Ref. B609)

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Note on Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used throughout this descriptive list for commonly recurring corporate names:

AGS:

Arthur Guinness & Sons, Brewers, St James’s Gate, Dublin

DoA:

Department of Agriculture

DATI:

Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction. The name of the above Department from its creation in 1899 up to 1922.

IFA:

Irish Farmers’ Association. Representative body for Irish farmers.

IMA:

Irish Maltsters’ Association. Representative body for the malting industry, one function of which was to negotiate wage rates on behalf of the malting firms. Irish Malt Exports Limited. A company set up to manage the overseas sales of malt produced by Guinness commission houses. Irish Malt Products Limited. A similar company, based at the same address, which purchased barley for sale to other companies. Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union. Trade union which came to represent most industrial workers of John H Bennett and Co, and which negotiated wages on behalf of malting workers nationally.

IME:

IMP:

ITGWU:

JHB:

John H Bennett and Company