Excerpt from ‘The Ballinderry River’ by Maura Johnston which features in her book of poetry, The Whetstone The Ballinderry River The beautiful Ballinderry River, running from the Sperrins through to […]
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The Harvest Traditionally, flax is harvested 100 days after being sown. So far that has been our experience here at Mallon Farm, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. However, in 2021,
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In Northern Ireland flax flowers are often called the ‘wee blue blossom’. Find out more about the flowers and where to find them.
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When and why did Northern Ireland’s capital city, Belfast, become known as ‘Linenopolis’? Linen production was once a huge industry across the entire island of Ireland. It accounted for almost
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