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The Living Linen Project was set up in 1995 as an oral archive of the knowledge of the Irish linen industry still available within a nucleus of people who were formerly working in the industry in Ulster. [1] For over three hundred years linen manufacture has been an important industry, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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 ...
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William McCrum (7 February 1865 – 21 December 1932) was a wealthy Irish linen manufacturer and sportsman from Ulster, most famous for being the inventor in 1890 of the penalty kick in football. Life and family
Irish Linen Guild is a promotional organization of the Irish linen industry that was founded in 1928. [1] The Guild's main role is to promote Irish linen in national and international markets, through its website. The guild's brand's trademark is the focus of all promotional activities.
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Killeshandra, since the early 18th century earned a reputation for becoming a Linen Town when the local cottage flax growing and linen industry expanded considerably following an incentive from the Ulster Board of Trustees of Linen Manufacturers. Killeshandra was later described in Pigot's 1824 Directory as - "The greatest linen market in the ...
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