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23 September – Henry Barniville, member of the Seanad from 1922 to 1960 representing the National University of Ireland. 6 October – Hubert de Burgh, cricketer (born 1879). 23 October – Seumas MacManus, writer (born 1867). 25 October – Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (born 1884).
Traditional Irish clothing is the traditional attire which would have been worn historically by Irish people in Ireland. Traditional Irish clothing consisted of the léine and brat primarily. It was worn up until the mid 1600s. During the 16th-century Tudor conquest of Ireland, the Dublin Castle administration prohibited many of Ireland’s ...
Jacqueline Kennedy's official portrait wearing a Connolly outfit. Connolly's first major fashion show was held at Dunsany Castle in 1953. Photographer Richard Dormer used the house and its grounds for a shoot of Connolly's clothes and one picture – showing model Anne Gunning in a full-length red Kinsale cape and white crochet evening dress – made the cover of Life magazine in August 1953 ...
The 1960s were an age of fashion innovation for women. The early 1960s gave birth to drainpipe jeans and capri pants, a style popularized by Audrey Hepburn. [6] Casual dress became more unisex and often consisted of plaid button down shirts worn with slim blue jeans, comfortable slacks, or skirts.
This is a timeline of Irish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Ireland. To read about the background to these events, see History of Ireland . See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland , alongside Irish heads of state , and the list of years in Ireland .
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During the 1950s and 1960s Irish fashion designers elevated Irish fabrics and used them in their couture designs such as Sybil Connolly, Irene Gilbert and Neillí Mulcahy, with Connolly often using tweed for coats, capes and twin-piece suits. The use of Irish fabrics by such well-known designers brought Irish tweed onto the international ...