Cattle Acts

The Oxford Companion to Irish History | 2007 | 700+ words | Copyright

Cattle Acts (1663, 1671), English acts, the first imposing a prohibitive duty on cattle or sheep imported from Ireland during the main fattening season, the second a complete ban on imports of Irish livestock, beef, pork, and bacon. The ban expired in 1679, but was renewed in 1681 and extended to mutton, beef, and cheese. As with the Woollen Act, the acts represented a surrender to English commercial interests rather than a deliberate attack on Irish prosperity. Their main impact was to encourage a transfer of Irish agricultural resources to the production of butter and salted beef, for export to continental Europe (especially France) and the colonies, and also of wool. The ban on meat imports was lifted in 1758, and that on live cattle in 1759, as demand in Great Britain began to outstrip domestic supply.

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