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 […]
Linenopolis: a world famous leader in linen Read More »
Is it Mackies, Union, Depoortere or Van Hauwaert – the mystery of who made the flax scutcher? What is scutching? Scutching is the process of taking off all the outer
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While this year’s crop of flax is around halfway through its growing period, we are still busy with retting last year’s crop. Retting is the process of breaking down the flax to
River Friendly Retting in a Repurposed Cheese Vat Read More »
Mallon Farm is around fifty acres and has always been nature friendly throughout its history. It was a mixed farm for years and even when, like many other farms here,
Sowing flax for fibre; a revival of Irish Grown Linen Read More »
