The Stephen Cullinan Scholarship funded by The Irish Farmers Journal, now in its 33rd year, will be sending two successful candidates who are interested in pursuing a fulltime career in agriculture to New Zealand to work and gain experience of New Zealand farming methods. The scholarship is open to any young farmer from the North or South of Ireland over 18 and under 30 years of age on 1 January 2011.
The scholarship was founded by the Agricultural Trust in memory of Stephen Cullinan, founder and first secretary of Macra na Feirme and also first editor of what is today’s Irish Farmers’ Journal.
The scholarship will start in July and the work placement and will be for a minimum of 6 months, with flights valid for a year.
If you know someone or are yourself interested in pursuing a career in farming and in a position to spend 12 months abroad text “Macra” followed by your name and address to 51444 for further information.
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