Donegal tweed is a hand-knitted wool manufactured in County Donegal, Ireland. Over the centuries, Donegal has been producing wool from local ingredients in the manufacture of hats, coats, and vests. Sheep flourish in the hills and swamps of Donegal, and native plants such as blackberries, fuchsia, gorse (whins), and lichens provide dyes. Towards the end of the 18th Century The Royal Linen Manufacturers of Ulster distributed about six thousand wheat flaxs for spinning wool and sixty looms to weave into Donegal's homesteads. These machines helped build their own wool wool industry in Donegal in the 19th century. Although Donegal tweed has been produced for centuries, he took his modern form in the 1880s, largely due to the work of British philanthropist pioneer Alice Rowland Hart (c.1850-1931).
While weavers in County Donegal produce a number of different woolen fabrics, including herringbone and painting patterns, this area is best known for plain weave fabrics with warp and weft of different colors, with small pieces of yarn in various colors woven at irregular intervals for produce heathered effects. Such fabrics are often labeled as "donegal" (with lowercase "d") regardless of its origin.
Together with Harris Tweed produced in the Scottish Highlands, Donegal is the most famous snowflake in the world. It was used in several pieces of fashion designer Sybil Connolly.
Video Donegal tweed
Magee Kota Donegal
The Magee Company dates from 1866. It was founded by John Magee (1849-1901) who founded a retail store in Diamond, in Donegal Town. He also bought a tweed from Ardara and Carrick from part-time weavers who also worked as farmers and fishermen.
In 1887, John Magee's cousin Robert Temple (1866-1958) came to work in the shop as an apprentice. At the death of John Magee in 1901, Temple took over the business. He continues to use the outside workers to make woolen threads but to improve the quality he makes the system to send patterns and materials to these workers. Then he set up a small factory in Donegal Town where several outsiders worked full time under his supervision. Robert Temple expanded his business significantly until his death in 1958.
Robert's son Howard Temple (1913-2010) began working with his father in 1931. One of the most important figures in Donegal's wool history, Howard Temple brought Magee to new heights. The number of weavers (both in-house and outworkers) is greatly improved and he started the process of making Donegal with an international brand. For this purpose he works very closely with Irish clothing designers Sybil Connolly and Irene Gilbert. In 1966 he also founded a large factory in Donegal Town that produces ready-made men's clothing that at its peak employs about 300 people.
Magee's current owner is Howard Temple's son Lynn and Lynn's sons Charlotte and Patrick. Magee continues to be the largest and most famous producer of Donegal. Magee clothes worn by Irish President X Michael D Higgins.
Maps Donegal tweed
Smaller Donegal weed company
Studio Donegal was founded in 1970 and continued by Kevin Donaghy in Kilcar, Donegal. Triona Designs is a fifth-generation weaver company based in Ardara, Donegal.
The Weaver
"The Donegal Weaver is, and is still, a single human type.He usually has a long Celtic face with a good long-finger hand, a very sensitive touch, and a feeling of inherent color, incredibly fast legs and a feeling of inherent rhythm This freedom of movement is vigorously displayed in the jig dance and scrolls skilled at the weavers parties held annually in Donegal Town. "
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