qualities or the Celt will again assert themselves; the high ancient Civilisation will be recalled, with a new c·eltic Art to interpret it, as beautiful and distinctively National as any its history records. "It is gratifying to know that th~ Congested Districts (Government) Board .have given the venture the heartiest support· from the very outset, and the promoters, the Messrs. Morton, of Darvel, Ayrshire, speak in high terms of the extreme courtesy and a~sistance they have met with everywhere, from priest and people alike." August, 1899. At present the factory is controlled by Messrs. Morton Sundour Fabks, Ltd. Carisle, which was founded by Alex Morton, who started the Killybegs factory. A native of Ayrshire, he died in 1924 ·at Bruckless, some miles from Killyhegs.. where he had resided for some years. His remains were interred in his native Ayrshire. He was succeeded as chairman of the Company by his son, Sir James Morton, who was noted for work of research in dy'edyeing processes. Sir James died in 1952 and was succeed by his s.on, Joceyln, the present chairman of the company. If the commendable scheme originally planned by the founder of the factory did not materialise in full, it can be said that the experiment made at Killybegs fully justified itself, for ever since Killybegs and its carpets have been almost synonymous terms in .many lands. There are other industries wl:ich the writer would like to review here, but s•n:ce does not permit. These are the knitwea~· industry at Glenties, which now "employs half the countryside". and the Belleek Pottery, which, though not of Donegal, is near enough its borders to give the count.v a pride in its world-fame; and, of course, Convoy woollen mills, the founding and developimept of which makes a story in itself. These and other worthy of note will be dealt with in the next and future numbers of the "Donegal Annual."
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