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Irish linen (Irish: Línéadach Éireannach[1]) is the name given to linen produced in Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). Linen is cloth woven from, or yarn spun from, flax fibre, which was grown in Ireland for many years before advanced agricultural methods and more suitable climate led to the concentration ...
John Grubb Richardson (13 November 1813 – 1891) was an Irish linen merchant, industrialist and philanthropist who founded the model village of Bessbrook near Newry in 1845, in what is now Northern Ireland. [1] Five years later he founded a major Atlantic steamship line that significantly improved conditions for immigrant passengers fleeing ...
Sion Mills is a village to the south of Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the River Mourne. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,050 people. It is a tree-lined industrial village and designated conservation area, particularly rich in architectural heritage. The village of Sion Mills was established by the Herdman family in ...
In Northern Ireland practically every town and village had a mill or a factory. By 1921 there were almost one million spindles and 37,000 looms, with over 70,000 directly employed, representing 40% of the registered working population, with closer to 100,000 people dependent on the linen industry.
Donaghcloney is a typical Ulster village and has been linked to the Irish linen industry since at least 1742. [4] By 1840 Donaghcloney boasted a large bleaching green which was turning out 8000 pieces of fabric annually. [5] In 1866, William Liddell founded his linen company, headquartered at a new factory in Donaghcloney.
Thomas Sinton, JP (February 1826 – 20 August 1887) was an Irish industrialist and magistrate. Sinton made a significant impact upon the Irish linen trade; not least establishing the village of Laurelvale, County Armagh . Thomas Sinton was born in Tamnaghmore House, Tandragee, County Armagh, the son of David Sinton and Sarah Green; his brother ...
Number of employees. 35 (2017) Website. www .wmclark .co .uk. William Clark & Sons is the oldest linen mill in Northern Ireland and the textile company founded in Maghera, County Londonderry in 1736. [1] The main product is a fine linen canvas for the tailoring industry, used is a unique process of beetling - pounding of the fabric to flatten it.
Cookstown (Irish: An Chorr Chríochach, [3] [ənˠ ˌxoːɾˠ ˈçɾʲiːxəx]) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth-largest town in the county and had a population of 12,546 in the 2021 census. [4] It, along with Magherafelt and Dungannon, is one of the main towns in the Mid-Ulster council area.