The first of County Wexford's farm worker bachelors who have received notice to quit stood in Wexford District Court on Saturday to oppose an application for possession of his home. He and the rest of the bachelor tenants of the Wexford Board of Health's cottages for agricultural workers have been warned by the Board that they must leave in order to provide accommodation for married men with families.
John Cummins, of Ballytramont, said that he had been in the cottage for seven years and had paid his rent regularly. The house was beside the farm he worked on, and his employer had no accommodation for him. If he lost the cottage he would probably lose his employment.
Mr John Brennan, who appeared for Cummins, said that he had suggested "a remedy," but Cummins did not seem to be inclined to adopt it at present.
Another solicitor, Mr Fintan O'Connor, suggested that the Health Board should start a matrimonial agency.
Letters giving Cummins a high character, and supporting his plea to be left in the cottage, were produced from a number of clergy and prominent residents, and the Justice adjourned the case for a month to enable Cummins to ask the Board of Health to withdraw the proceedings.
The Irish Times, August 14th, 1939.