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EPHEMERA

Title

Ulster Cow

Object Name

Postcard

Maker

Ulster Publishing Co. (Primary maker)

Date Made

c.1912
c.1912

Place Made

Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast

Description

Postcard showing the 'Ulster Cow'. A priest and John Redmond portrayed trying to tax an Ulster farmer. The cow, labelled ‘Ulster,‘ belches 'defiance' - 'Now All of you try and milk her, dairymaid Redmond Don't Funk. We have been beaten, not hands down, but horns up, Carson's a Holy terror.'

Materials

Paper

Place Collected


Date Collected

1957
1957

Catalogue Number

BELUM.W2011.1295.75

Copyright

National Museums NI