This photograph, from the Green Collection at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, shows a hiring fair at Ballymoney. Hiring fairs were held in country villages and towns to recruit people to work on local farms. (© National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum)

• National Museums Northern Ireland
• Green Collection - NMNI
• Culture Northern Ireland
• Libraries NI- "Hiring Fairs and Market Places", May Blair, 2007, Appletree Press