Fiona Lách of the Tribe of Cork (1948-2023)

Fiona in 1973.

**Fiona Lách of the Tribe of Cork** was a member of the prestigious Lách-Family from the Trossach and an Arcane Servant to Rhiannon, a laywoman of the Cult of the Goddess of Fertility and Horses.

While a member of the ancient family of horsebreeders, she stems from a branch line and, during the Yard Crisis in the 70s, made a name for herself as a business founder with Lách Tractors and Machinery in 1973. With the Farmer-Loans, which were enacted in 1975, she had a major new business opportunity, which she ceased by the collar. Fiona was also one of the first businesswomen in the Free Lands to promote widespread cooperation between the major industrial companies, in her case with Gabha Motorworks Limited.

Fiona was, upon her death in 2023, mother of three children, Grandmother to a total of ten and great-grandmother to two. She was known as a good harpist.

## Biography

### Early Years (1948-1967)

* from Middle School: Iris Boarding School Complex
* became a Servant to Rhiannon

### Student and Yard Crisis in Leuda (1967-1973)

* studies at the University of Leuda, Agricultural Economics
	+ Diploma in 1972, graduation paper about the mechanization of agriculture and the potential effects on the agricultural sector in the Free Lands

### Lách Tractors and Machinery (1973-1980)

Contrary to her family's legacy, she was more into motorized vehicles, especially, after her studies, in agricultural vehicles. While Gabha Motorworks Limited (as the only major vehicle manufacturer) was producing such vehicles, vehicles like the G 9 Light Tractor (which entered production in 1975) and the Gabha Motorworks G 8 Tractor (from 1974), were large, complicated and powerful vehicles, not really suited for the small farms in the Free Lands.

Fiona's idea, and the one she approached Nuada Gluaisrothar of the Tribe of Wexford, the CEO of Gabha Motorworks Limited, in 1973 was rather simple: A light, small, cheap and easy to maintain farm vehicle, based on the Colúr-Tankette, which she got to know at the Iris.

While the original idea was not that well received, after all, the Colúr was getting on with the years and Nuada wanted to show his company's skills, the thought behind it stuck. Gabha would supply the engines, and a few engineers, while Fiona would build the vehicles and the additional equipment. One of these engineers was Aonas Gluaisrothar of the Tribe of Wexford, Nuada's youngest son.

The LTM-1 Fiugil Light Tracked Tractor started to roll off of conveyor belts in 1975, were financed and subsided starting 1976 and are seen, by historians, as one of the main reasons for the Good Harvest of 1979. Starting in 1976, Fiona also looked for both export customers and for factory locations abroad.

In 1978, the LTM-4 Self-Propelled Combine Harvester went into production.

## Character

Fiona is, in her heart, a businesswoman -

## Personal Relations

### Issue

Fiona was, upon her death in 2023, mother of three children, Grandmother to a total of ten and great-grandmother to two. She was known as a good harpist. She never married.

* Iuna Lách of the Tribe of Cork, vintage 1980, married.
	+ Caja Lách of the Tribe of Cork, vintage 2002.
	+ Eithne Lách of the Tribe of Cork, vintage 2008.
* Aurelia Lách of the Tribe of Cork, vintage 1985, never had children, died of cancer in 2020.

### Aonas Gluaisrothar of the Tribe of Wexford

* rumoured to be her lover and father of her children
* worked together good and well