Editing Plough (section)

===Loy ploughing===
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Manual loy ploughing was a form used on small farms in Ireland where farmers could not afford more, or on hilly ground that precluded horses.<ref name= WE2>{{Cite news |url=http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2009/03/03/36691-castlepollard-venue-to-host-westmeath-ploughing-finals/ |title=Castlepollard venue to host Westmeath ploughing finals |work=[[Westmeath Examiner]] |author=Paul Hughes |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=1 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002165123/http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2009/03/03/36691-castlepollard-venue-to-host-westmeath-ploughing-finals/ |archive-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was used up until the 1960s in poorer land.<ref name=Tribune>{{Cite news |url=http://tribune.maithu.com/archive/article/2009/sep/27/the-plough-and-the-stars/ |author=Patrick Freyne |title=The plough and the stars |date=27 September 2009 |work=[[Sunday Tribune]] |location=Dublin |access-date=1 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331091819/http://tribune.maithu.com/archive/article/2009/sep/27/the-plough-and-the-stars/ |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It suited the moist Irish climate, as the trenches formed by turning in the sods provided drainage. It allowed potatoes to be grown in bogs (peat swamps) and on otherwise unfarmed mountain slopes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.faminemuseum.com/the-famine-potato/ |title=The Famine Potato |publisher=St Mary's Famine History Museum |access-date=1 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524230006/http://www.faminemuseum.com/the-famine-potato/ |archive-date=24 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>Jonathan Bell, "Wooden Ploughs From the Mountains of Mourne, Ireland", ''Tools & Tillage'' (1980) 4#1. pp. 46–56; Mervyn Watson, "Common Irish Plough Types and Tillage Techniques", ''Tools & Tillage'' (1985) 5#2. pp. 85–98.</ref>