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KS2 Linen

Unit 3- The Linen Industry in Northern Ireland

Visiting the past

Carry out a class visit to find out more about the linen industry. The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum contains the Gorticashel Flax-scutching Mill (scutching is the process of extracting the linen fibres from the stem of the flax)  and  Tullylish Bleach Green Watch Tower (the watchtower provided shelter for the watchman guarding the linen on the bleach green.) The class could also visit the last working beetling mill in Northern Ireland at  Wellbrook where pupils can enjoy hands-on demonstrations of the linen process.  The Irish Linen Centre in Lisburn contains a permanent exhibition: Flax to fabric the story of Irish Linen and hosts demonstrations of spinning and weaving.

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