Ua hele mai kahiʻoihana mamao loa mai ka manawa a Eddie Finnegan i hoʻokumu ai i ka hopena o 1970. Ma hope ma ke ʻano he mea hana mahiʻai, ua nānā nui ʻo Eddie i ka silage, mahi ʻai a me ka pale ʻana i ka pale. Me kāna wahine ʻo Marie, ua hana ʻo Eddie i ka lā a me ka pō e hoʻonui ana i ka ʻoihana mai kahi kumu mua o 13ac i kahi māla nui 250ac.
I nā makahiki 90 mua, ua lālā ʻo Eddie a kanu i 30 mau eka o ka ʻuala i kahi hoʻāʻo hoʻokolohua. ʻO ia ka kūleʻa a Eddie i lawe ai i kaʻuala e ulu nei i ka manawa piha e hoʻonui ana i ka ʻoihana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Finnegan's I kēia lā
I kēia lā, hele wāwae ʻo Paul lāua ʻo Joe Finnegan i ka wāwae o ko lāua makua kāne ʻo Eddie ke mahiʻai nei lākou c. 1800 con-ʻeka kokoke i ka mahiʻai ʻohana ma Balrath, Navan, Co. Meath. Aia ma ka naʻau o ke kahawai ʻo Boyne Valley hana loea lākou i ka palaoa hoʻoilo, ka palaoa o ka hoʻoilo, ka palaoa waipuna, ka puki hua ʻaila, nā pua ʻo Brussels a me ka uala papa. ʻO ka uala ka iwi hope o kā lākou ʻoihana, a ʻo ka hopena hele lākou i nā ala o 6 mau kalana like ʻole ma Leinster e kiʻi i ka ʻāina maikaʻi loa i loaʻa no kā lākou hua 500 eka.
Ma ka pūnaewele aia ʻelua mau hui kaʻawale me nā limahana ma luna o 35 e holo like ana me kekahi. Hana ʻo E. Finnegan & Sons i nā huahana mea kanu hou a ʻo ka Finnegan's Farm i hana mua ʻia i ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā huahana i hoʻomoʻa ʻia.
ʻO ka hāʻawi mau ʻana i kaʻuala mai ka puka pā a hiki i kāu pāʻina ahiahi, akā makemake e hoʻonui i kā lākou mōhai a loaʻa kahi hoʻohana ʻē aʻe no ka uala, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Finnegan e hoʻomākaukau a hoʻomākaukau i kā lākou huahana ʻuala momona e maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi iā ʻoe e leʻaleʻa.
Ke hele nei ʻo Paul & Joe Finnegan i kahi mikiona e kuni hou i ka ʻuala i mea e ʻike ʻia ai he meaʻai kūpono e ka mea kūʻai hou. ʻO ka ʻuala, ʻo ia ka papaʻai nui o ka ʻIlalani, ua ʻike i ka kūʻai liʻiliʻi ʻana ma ʻIlalani i ka hāʻule ʻana a hiki i ka hapakolu ma waena o 2002 & 2014. I ka hui like ʻana me kahi € 1 miliona EU i kākoʻo kālā ʻia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻuala e hoʻonui i ka ʻai ʻana i kaʻuala, ʻo Finnegan Ua hoʻolauna i kahi kuke potato maʻalahi mua i hoʻomoʻa ʻia i hoʻomoʻa ʻia e like me ka momona momona, ʻono a maʻalahi hoʻi. ʻO ka maʻalahi ka mea hoʻokele nui me nā mea e like me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana, mālama manawa a me ka loli o ka mea nui i ka mea kūʻai manawa ʻilihune. Hoʻohui nā huahana uala ʻo Finnegan i hoʻohui i kahi mea i keu keu o ke koina kiʻekiʻe i mea kūʻai aku, hoʻonoho i kaʻuala ma ke ʻano "Ma mua o kahi ʻaoʻao iki!"
ʻOiai ka ulu nui o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai Finnegan, loaʻa mau ʻo Paul & Joe i ka manawa e kāhea aku ai i ko lākou makuahine, ʻo Marie, i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka i ka hola 7.30 no kā lākou ʻaina kakahiaka. “Ua ʻike ʻo Māmā i nā mea āpau e puka ana i ka pā, ma hope o ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i ka hana i nā laina ʻeke ʻokoʻa. Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e ʻike inā pololei nā pae mea maloʻo i kahi hua no ka ʻohi ʻana, hāʻawi wale mākou i kahi laʻana iā ia e hoʻāʻo. I kēia manawa, hiki iā ia ke ʻike i kahi spud maikaʻi i kahi mile ka mamao, ”wahi a Joe.