1891, An unfortunate dispute between the local Scutch Mill owners as to the relative claims of Clonakilty, Dunmanway or Ballineen, West Cork to have a flax market was the means of preventing northern buyers attending the Southern markets and Flax growing in Ireland generally.
During World War 2 the Northern Buyers returned to West Cork.
Courtesy Four Courts Press, 2008.
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