Marika Wheeler was recently in Portneuf. That's where she has pulled together some of the connections between Irish settlement and the region's history of linen. To begin with, the town of Portneuf is ...

Linen has been enjoying something of a renaissance in the global fashion world but it took a pandemic for many Irish people to wake up to the joys of this eco-friendly indigenous fabric, writes our ...

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