
Linen embroidery lace
"My grandmother came from Glenfarne County Leitrim to work for Fergusons The Linen producers in Banbridge to work in service at their Big House. Her brother Terence fought and died at the battle of the Somme 1916 Also the Easter Rising 1916 The Linen Industry my father was a Tenter by trade and fixed the looms he received his trade with Richardsons Mill in a Quaker village in Bessbrook. He also worked for Robinsons and Cleavers in their factory in Banbridge. For all the people associated with Linen Industry In Ireland! "
Submitted by: Caroline Feehan