Category Archives: clothing

Sallied Forth In Your Drawers

Posted on June 13, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

In October 1900, when asked his opinion on what ‘national costume’ should be adopted in a soon-to-be-independent Ireland, the Republican Pádraig Pearse had this to say: Frankly I should much prefer to see you arrayed in a kilt, although it may be … Continue reading →

Posted in bog clothes, clothing, colour, dublin, ireland, kilts, knitting, laws, leather, men's clothing, national costume, ninth century, patrick pearse, personalities, school uniform, seventeenth century, stockings, trousers, twentieth century, weaving, wool | 12 Comments

Abundantly Happy When They Can Afford An Athlone Hat

Posted on April 30, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

Do you remember this post I wrote about Swift’s 1720 pamphlet called the Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture? Well, here is another quote from it: I think it needless to exhort the clergy to follow this good … Continue reading →

Posted in athlone, caps, colour, cork, eighteenth century, felt, hand-carding, hats, ireland, jonathan swift, military, mills, nineteenth century, socks, stockings, USA | 11 Comments

“The Irish glover!” cried Mr. Hill, with a Look of Terror

Posted on April 9, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

Maria Edgeworth, 1768-1849, born in England but lived in Ireland since she was a young child. From the age of five, she lived at the family estate in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, with her twenty-one brothers and sisters. In 1804, Maria … Continue reading →

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The Junior Spinning Champion of Ireland and the Entente Cordiale

Posted on March 26, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

Front page of Le Petit Journal, 20 August 1905. On the 8th of April 1904, the United Kingdom and the French Republic signed the Entente Cordiale. This set of agreements essentially formalized the peace that had been between the countries … Continue reading →

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Something Very Different From The New York Shoddy

Posted on March 19, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

-> New information added at bottom of post! <- It was this very interesting blog post (“Clothing the Confederacy: Taits of Limerick”) from the fantastic site Irish in the American Civil War that alerted me to the existence of Tait jackets. … Continue reading →

Posted in broadcloth, clothing, england, exhibitions, ireland, lace, limerick, linen, military, mills, nineteenth century, personalities, seamstresses, shirts, USA, wool, working women | 8 Comments

Faith the Shinners Have Made Canaries of Ye

Posted on March 14, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

The new Nike Low Black & Tans. They should have used the tagline ‘Wear some history on your feet!’, or ‘Walk in the shoes of a traumatized World War 1 veteran who has been sent to a volatile country to give the guerrillas a … Continue reading →

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One Stiff Gown For Sunday

Posted on March 7, 2012 by irishhistoricaltextiles

In 1765, Lady Arabella Denny founded the first Magdalen Asylum in Ireland, for Protestant ‘fallen women and penitent prostitutes’ in Lower Leeson Street in Dublin. A year previous to this she had been awarded the Freedom of the City of … Continue reading →

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