just been completed on an extension to the Donegal factory. In additio.n to the tweed making a shirt factory i;; in opc::- atic-n and an extensive wr.olesa.le business is done in suitings, hosie1·y and general drapzry.. V'.sitors are cordially invited to visit the factory and see for themselves the various activities which are c:irried on. Carpet Making In Killybegs Carpzts on the \VOrlcl's luxury ocea~1-going liners, the Queen Elizabeth and Queen -0\1.ary among3t them, on the floors of t':e Houses of Parliament in Capet::iwn, of Buckingham Falace. th3 iri:h Embassy in London, Dublin Cast:e, and the Presidc'.1tial residence, Arus an Uachtarian in Phoenix Park, and in many other State institutions thoughout the civilised world, principally America and Canada, give Donegal craftsmanship an enviable place in the annals of tte crafts. Killybegs carpets arc world-famous. It is .doabtful if any other ind'..lstry in these island~ attained the prominence in world affairs that this remotely placed Irish enterprise achieved in the days when the sk i H of man was free of the opposition of the machine. The writer could not do better than reproduce here an article from the "Freeman's Journal" of August 1890 as an outline of how this industry came into being. "EVERYONE ha0 :ong known tr,at more essential to the permanent welfare of Ireland than even beneficent laws. would be the natural 5pread over her coun1ic:; ol' aC'tive, healthy Indusirks, but the difficulty has always been to find steady branches of Industry that would not be too sorc~y handicapped by the abEc:-ice of co·al with its accompanyir.g t:conomy in pcw21 • . Those wh:> travel from Donegal to Galway and fa:thc:· south, will admire the wild, rol:ing grandeur of the scenery, but they will be still n:ore struck by the vast number of cottars' huts dotted everywhere among the hills, considering the meagrene ~·s of '.ivelihood that must be snatched from those allotted roods of rock and bog. There is ·:!one of that natural riri1ne53 of soil which yields golden harveAs ungructgingly: coal and iron. that have made all the world elsewhere wealthy in modern times, have kept severely . away from t ho;;e districts, and it is patent to any observer that those who btave life th~re must content themselves wit!: what luxuries hard work and patience can exfract fr-Orn tog or harren rock-a meagre fare enough, God knows! "'let there they are. Thousands of those families have eked out their existence generatiti1i · after generation for b(mdreds of yenrs, unc1 despite the tC'rriblc · pi>Verty {19.
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