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In 1946, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill was founded by Drew Stevenson as the Langholm Dyeing and Finishing Company Limited, dyeing wool yarn to order. His eldest son, David Stevenson, opened the first retail store in Randolph Place, Edinburgh, in 1970. In 1972, the first English store was opened in Carlisle. [8] [9]
Jimmy Beans Wool is an American yarn retailer. The company is headquartered in South Meadows, a neighborhood in Reno, Nevada. [1] [2] [3] Other physical locations include a yarn-dyeing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, a sewing team in Vietnam, and a manufacturing facility in India. [1] Jimmy Beans Wool ships to over 60 countries. [4]
Castlecomer (Irish: Caisleán an Chomair, [8] 'castle at the confluence') is a town in the north of County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is positioned at the meeting of N78 and R694 roads about 16 km (9.9 mi) north of Kilkenny city. At the 2016 census, Castlecomer had a population of 1,502 people.
Kilkenny railway station (MacDonagh Station, Irish: Stáisiún Mhic Dhonnchadha) serves the city of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny. It is a station on the Dublin to Waterford intercity route. [1] and was given the name MacDonagh on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of Thomas MacDonagh, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.
The town was originally part of the Town of Providence, but the area quickly grew. In 1801, the settlers decided that the town was big enough for a name of its own, and was named Northfield at an informal meeting held on March 13, 1801. In 1808, it was renamed Edinburgh because another Northfield was discovered in New York.
Carrigeen (Irish: Carraigín, meaning 'little rock') is a village to the south-east of Mooncoin in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Carrigeen is situated on a hillock within the Suir Valley. Within the village is St. Kevin's Church (in the Catholic parish of Mooncoin) and a national (primary) school. The grounds of Carrigeen GAA club are nearby.
In 1910, the West Coast and East Coast lines achieved a journey time of eight hours and fifteen minutes over their respective distances of 400 miles (640 km) and 393 miles (632 km), whereas the Midland's expresses via the Waverley Route covered the 406 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (654.6 km) in eight hours and forty minutes. [87]
The Moderator (1814–1822) changed its name to Kilkenny Moderator 1822–1919 and reverted to Moderator from 1920 to 1925. The modern Kilkenny People was first published in 1895. It is a weekly paper. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the Kilkenny People had an average weekly circulation of 17,578 for the first six months of 2006 ...