Learn about the history of the Irish Linen industry in Northern Ireland. Part of the day to day life of the people this is a walk through the ups and downs of this world renowned product.
The recent opening of two new exhibitions in The Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum have been featured on Ulster University “The Shuttle & Shafts exhibition is a result of a two-year project funded by the National Lottery via the Heritage Lottery Fund and led by Senior Research Fellow Trish Belford of Ulster University to […]
In the Beginning, Flax… Linen is woven from flax (Linum usitatissimum), which comes from the Linacea family, and is one of the oldest textiles in the world. Records show the use of flax as a textile in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) during the Neolithic period (from 10,000 B.C. to 4000BC or so), and flax (seeds) and
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