The Federation of Rural Workers of Ireland (FRW) was a trade union representing agricultural workers in Ireland.
Agricultural workers in Ireland had been represented by the Irish National Agricultural and General Labourers' Union, but this collapsed in 1928.
[1] By 1946, the Irish Trades Union Congress was concerned that most agricultural workers were not organised as part of the union movement.
Its initial officers were also from the Workers' Union, with James Larkin Jnr becoming president, and Sean Dunne serving as its first general secretary.
It grew steadily, facing much opposition from farmers who were reluctant to recognise it.