1851 Bandon Union Flax Association

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West Cork was probably the largest flax growing area from around the 1730s in Ireland outside the northern  counties until about the 1820s.  The emergence of cheap cotton destroyed the market. There were intermittent resurgences during the American Civil War when cotton was unavailable, World War 1 and 2.

A large factory was built in the Kinsale Road area of Cork in the early 1950s as a joint venture between Belfast and Cork businessmen.  However it was probably not operational as due to the emergence of artificial fibres the market for Irish linen collapsed.

Overview:

West Cork Flax, Linen, Textiles

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West Cork Flax, Linen, Textiles 24th October 2023

8th August 1829 Census Inchigeela p. 9

Pigot’s Directory 1824, Bantry,

Bandon Weavers p. 31

Clonakilty, Kinsale, Skibbereen, p.26

Lewis 1837, Bantry, Dunmanway, Skibbereen, p. 28

Slater’s Directory 1836, Bantry, p. 31

Census Extracts, p.38

Bandon Clothiers, p.40

Thomas Adderly, Innishannon, p.42

Textile Businesses, p. Bandon Business p, 44

Bantry, p. 105

Clonakilty, p. 96