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    Irish linen (Irish: Línéadach Éireannach) is the name given to linen produced in Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)...
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  • Linen from Ireland (German: Leinen aus Irland) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Heinz Helbig and starring Otto Treßler, Irene von Meyendorff, and...
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    Linen (/ˈlɪnən/) is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong and absorbent and dries faster than cotton. Because of these...
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  • in church. The earliest known household linens were made from thin yarn spun from flax fibres to make linen cloth. Ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Phoenicia...
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  • Irish Linen Guild is a promotional organization of the Irish linen industry that was founded in 1928. The Guild's main role is to promote Irish linen...
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    evidenced by Robert Emmet's failed Irish Rebellion of 1803. Aside from the development of the linen industry, Ireland was largely passed over by the Industrial...
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    The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing...
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  • Belgian Linen experienced competition from the established label ‘Irish Linen’. This label of the ‘Irish Linen Guild’, the guild of Northern Irish linen weaving...
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    Type Producer Director Cast Notes 16 October 1939 Leinen aus Irland Linen from Ireland 98 min Drama film Heinz Helbig Otto Treßler Irene von Meyendorff Friedl...
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  • The Living Linen Project was set up in 1995 as an oral archive of the knowledge of the Irish linen industry still available within a nucleus of people...
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    birthplace of Ireland's linen industry. While production had been introduced by the Scots, the arrival in 1698 of Huguenot refugees from France brought...
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    linen cupboard. In Ireland the term hot press describes an airing cupboard used for storing linen. Cupboard Closet Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Linen-Press" ...
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  • Years Away (1981) Lily of Killarney (1929) Lily of Killarney (1934) Linen from Ireland (1939) Little Nellie Kelly (1940) Little White Lie (2008) The Lobster...
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    Historical Document Linen Hall Library Northern Ireland Political Collection Booknotes interview with J. Bowyer Bell on The Irish Troubles: A Generation...
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    have a clear Irish influence, such as the Irish Linen Shop, Tom Moore's Tavern and Flanagan's Irish Pub and Restaurant. A succession of Irish Masonic lodges...
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    Belfast (redirect from Belfast, Ireland)
    disabilities in Northern Ireland (PDF). Ulster University Economic Policy Centre. 2023. p. 18. "Copeland Linens, Belfast's last working linen factory closes"....
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    fame. His most prominent roles include two 1965 films, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Ship of Fools, for the latter Werner received an Oscar nomination...
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  • Irish Linen is the tenth of the Nuala Anne McGrail series of mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest and author Father Andrew M. Greeley. v t e...
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    The Linen Quarter (Irish: An Cheathrú Linéadaigh) is an area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the great many linen warehouses that...
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    leuchten die Sterne 1938 Zwei Frauen 1939 Wibbel the Tailor 1939 Linen from Ireland 1939 We Danced Around the World 1940 Casanova heiratet 1941 Frau Luna [de]...
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    Flax (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    flax. Textiles made from flax are known in English as linen, and are traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes, and table linen. Its oil is known...
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  • Pleated linen is a form of processing linen which results in a fabric which is heavily pleated and does not crease like normal linen fabric. The earliest...
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    Dublin (redirect from Dublin, Ireland)
    the most important Irish export. Over 1.5 million yards of linen was exported from Ireland in 1710, rising to almost 19 million yards by 1779. Dublin...
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    needle-lace to distinguish it from canvas needlepoint.) Linen thread was used by nuns to make needlepoint lace. Suitable linen thread is no longer available...
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    Learning" 3 June 2017 List of towns and villages in Ireland Market Houses in Ireland Irish linen "Census Mapping – Towns: Killeshandra". Census 2022....
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    age of 47. 1931: Wochenend im Paradies 1939: Immortal Waltz 1939: Linen from Ireland - Dr. Kuhn 1939: Anton the Last - Lawyer 1939: A Mother's Love - Kammersänger...
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    buildings on the island of Ireland (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and churches). This includes both Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom...
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    Nazism and cinema (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    rearmament. The Rothschilds from 1940 had a negative depiction of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The Nazis made the pro-Irish The Fox of Glenarvon...
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    timeline: From backing linen merchants to Celtic Tiger builders". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 April 2024. The Irish Times (5 March 1969) p. 12 The Irish Times...
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  • William McCrum (category Linen industry in Ireland)
    William McCrum (7 February 1865 – 21 December 1932) was a wealthy Irish linen manufacturer and sportsman, most famous for being the inventor in 1890 of...
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