The Rise of the Irish Linen Industry
Author: Conrad Gill
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 406
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Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: ROSE JANE. LESLIE
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Published: 2018
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ISBN-13: 9781840338287
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: W. H. Crawford
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780902588288
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: W. H. Crawford
Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781903688373
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The domestic linen industry left an indelible imprint on Ulster history. It was introduced by colonists from the north of England in the 17th century, before the arrival of the Huguenots, and encouraged by the landlords to improve their rentals. Earnings from raising flax, spinning yarn and weaving cloth, provided farming families with regular incomes that enabled them to lease small farms and improve marginal land. Continual improvements by Ulster bleachers in the finishing of linens secured for them control of the industry, focussing its development. Exports to Britain first through Dublin and then direct to Liverpool and London, created a merchant class and underpinned the development of Belfast and the provincial market towns. By 1800 Ulster was reckoned to be the most prosperous province in Ireland. It was also the most densely peopled with a population of two million in 1821, almost equal to that of Scotland.
Author: Eilis Brennan
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Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9780902588332
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Brenda Collins
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780952440000
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