He was also Governor of County Fermanagh ( 1813 1831 ), Grand Master of the Orange Order ( 1818 1822 ) and a Trustee of the Irish Linen Board.
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In 1800, Irish merchant Alexander Brown, founder of Alex Brown & Sons went into business in Baltimore, Maryland, importing Irish linen and exporting cotton and tobacco back to Britain.
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This industry has now greatly diminished in prominence, but Banbridge still has three of the major producers in Ulster; Weavers, Thomas Ferguson & Co, and John England Irish Linen.
44.
The use of various types of wraps on the cue butt, such as Irish linen or leather, provide a player with a better grip as well as absorbing moisture.
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Farmers also expanded their production of flaxseed and corn since flax was in high demand in the Irish linen industry and a demand for corn existed in the West Indies.
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The painted coffin was itself of considerable interest and the wrappings of fine linen were given much attention in the town that was the commercial centre of the Irish linen industry.
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Farmers also expanded their production of flax seed and corn since flax was a high demand in the Irish linen industry and a demand for corn existed in the West Indies.
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The Memorial is a list of almost 4, 000 of those who died in'The Troubles'in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 2009 in a chronological Names List, embroidered on Irish Linen handkerchiefs.
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In the former first lady's official portrait for the White House, she wears a gown in Connolly's signature pleated Irish linen, " the only thing I ever invented, " she jokes.
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Born into an Irish family of linen industrialists, their firm employed over 2, 500 people, making it one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of Irish linen in the western world.
