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Here is a collection of books or articles specifically on Irish Textiles I have come across so far. It includes historical and technical books, journal articles, and anything else I could find!

Dress and Fashion

Dress in Ireland, A History
Author: Dunleavy, M. (1989).
Publisher: The Collins Press, Dublin
ISBN: 1-898256-84-5.

Viking Age Headcoverings from Dublin
Author: Elizabeth Wincott Heckett (2003)
Publisher:
ISBN: 09543855 51, 152 pages.

Woolen or linen?: A review of certain articles (editorial and contributory) in the Irish textile journal
Author:Reuben C Rutherford
Publisher:Burr Printing House (1891)
ASIN: B0008BO4FS

Dress and Accessories in the Early Irish Tale "The Wooing of Becfhola"
Author: Niamh Whitfield
Publisher: Boydell Press (2006)
ISBN 1843832038
Source: Medieval Clothing and Textiles
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Footwear in Ireland
Author: A.T.Lucas
Publisher:
Source: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society 13, no 4 (1956) Pgs 309-394
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Some Observations on Early Christian footwear
Author: John Barber
Publisher
Source: Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 86, no 244 (1981) Pgs 103-106
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Leather Artefacts
Author: Daire O'Rouke (Hurley, Skully and McCutcheon Ed)
Publisher
Source: Late Viking Age and Medieval Waterford, Pgs 702-722
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Silk Braids and Textiles of the Viking Age Dublin
Author: Frances Pritchard
Publisher: Archaeological Textiles: Report from the 2nd NESAT symposium 1-4V 1984
Source:
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Irish Dancing Costumes: Their Origins and Evolution.
Author: Ullinane, Dr. John P.
Publisher:Cork City: Central Remedial Clinic, 1999.
Source:
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Old Irish and Highland Dress
Author: H. F. McClintock
Publisher:1943
Source:
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Linen

The Irish Linen Industry (Belfast, 1987)
Author: Crawford, William Henry,
Publisher: Ulster Folk & Transport Museum (1987)
ISBN:

'The Irish Linen Trade, 1820-1852'
Author: Solar, Peter,
Source:Textile History, 21 (Spring 90) pp.57-85
Publisher: Maney Publishing
ISBN:

The Rise of the Irish Linen Industry
Author: Gill, Conrad
Publisher: Oxford Gill, Conrad, Oxford, 1925
1925, re-printed 1964

'The hand-loom in Ulster's post-famine linen industry: the limits of mechanization in textiles'
Author: James, Kevin J,
Source: Textile History, 35 (2) Nov 2004, pp.178-191
Publisher: Maney Publishing
ISBN:

The Belfast cotton industry re-visited
Author: Geary, F.
Publisher:
Source: Irish Historical Studies XXVI 1989 Pg 250-267
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The Evolution of the linen trade in Ulster before industrialisation
Author
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Source: Irish Economic and Social History XV 1988 Pg 32-53
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"Belfast, a life in Linenopolis" memoirs of weaver
Author
PublisherUHF
source
ISBNIR860--013

"The Faithful Fibre" story of Linen development
Author
Publisher: Linen Thread Co Ltd
source
ISBN: IR860--022

Ulster - "The Ulster Textile Industry"
Author:
Publisher: PRONI
Source:
ISBN:IR860--003

The Linen Houses of the Lagan Valley
Author:Rankin, Kathleen
Publisher
source:
ISBN: IR900--193

Domestic Industry in Ireland: The Experience of the Linen Industry
Author:Crawford, W.H.,
Publisher ( Belfast, 1972).
Source:
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The Hand loom Weavers and the Ulster Linen Industry
Author: CRAWFORD, WH, 1972
source:Ulster Historical Foundation, 1994
ISBN:

Essay towards the improving of the Hempen and Flaxen Manufactures of the Kingdom of Ireland, Dublin,
Author:CROMMELIN, LOUIS
Publisher 1705.
source:
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The impact of the Domestic Linen Industry in Ulster, Belfast
Author:W. H. Crawford,
Publisher
source:
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The Irish, Scottish and Flemish Linen Industries During the Long Eighteenth Century
Author: Brenda Collins and Philip Ollerenshaw (Editors)
Publisher: Oxford University Press 2003
Source: The European Linen Industry in Historical Perspective. Pasold Studies in Textile History 13. (, pp. 159-186).
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The Warp of Ulster's Past: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Irish Linen Industry, 1700-1920
Author: Marilyn Cohen
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan (15 Dec 1996)
ISBN:0312129076

Illustrations of the Irish Linen Industry by William Hincks
Author:
Publisher:Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Source:Half tone reproductions in black and white of the plates first published in 1783
ISBN:

Spinning the Threads of Uneven Development - Gender and Industrialization in Ireland during the Long Eighteenth Century
Author:Jane Grey
Publisher: Lexington books, UK, 2005
ISBN: 0739109472

Whitework and Mountmellick

The Irish Flowerers
Author:E Boyle
Publisher:Ulster Folk Museum, Belfast, 1971
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Beginner's Guide To Mountmellick,
Author: Pat Trott.
Publisher
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Mountmellick Embroidery,
Author: Edited By Jules & Kaethe Kliot
Publisher
ISBN: 0-916896-94-3

Mountmellick Embroidery, Inspired By Nature,
Author:Yvette Stanton & Prue Scott, Rev Ed.
Publisher
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Mountmellick Work: Irish White Embroidery,
Author: Jane Houston-Almqvist.
Publisher
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Irish Traditional Embroidery - Mountmellick Work
Author: Sandra Counihan
Publisher:Mercier Press,
ISBN: 9781856354851

Ulster Needlework - A Continuing Tradition:
Author:
Publisher:Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Source:
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Lace

Clones Lace: The Story and Patterns of an Irish Crochet
Author: Treanor, Maire
Publisher:Mercier Press (February )
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Irish Crochet Lace: Motifs from County Monaghan
Author:D'Arcy, Eithne
Publisher:Dufour Editions; 2 edition (2003)
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Irish Crochet: Crocheter's Historical Pattern Series Volume Two
Author: Johnson, Melissa (Editor)
Publisher: Pastime Pubns (1999)
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Irish Crochet: Technique and Projects
Author: Priscilla Publishing Co.
Publisher: Dover Publications (1984)
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Masterpieces of Irish Crochet Lace: Techniques, Patterns, Instructions
Author: Therese de Dillmont (Editor)
Publisher: Dover Publications (1986)
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Irish Crochet Lace
Author: T. de Dillmont (Editor)
Publisher: Mulhouse
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Early History of Irish Crochet Lace
Author: Barbara Ballantyne
Publisher: self-published
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Mademoiselle Riego and Irish Crochet Lace
Author: Barbara Ballantyne
Publisher: self-published
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Carrickmacross Lace
Author: Nellie O'Cleirigh
Publisher: Colin Smythe Ltd, New Ed edition (Dec 1985)
ISBN:0851054366

Limerick Lace: A Social History and a Maker's Manual
Author: Nellie O'Cleirigh, Veronica Rowe
Publisher: Colin Smythe Ltd (23 Jan 1995)
ISBN:0861403681

Youghal Lace, The Craft And The Cream,
Author:Pat Earnshaw.
Publisher:
ISBN 0-951389-12-2

Irish Crochet Lace: From Early 20Th C. Sources
Author:A reprint of three 1900's manuals
Publisher: Lacis Museum
ISBN:1-891656-62-7

Irish Crochet Lace, Vol. Ii,
Author: Lula M. Harvey, Eliza A. Taylor And Sarah Hadley
Publisher: Lacis Museum
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A Renascence of the Irish Art of Lacemaking by :Author:A S Cole
Publisher:Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Source: Facsimile reprint with a new introduction of a work first published in 1888.
ISBN:0 902588 32

Limerick Run Laces: An Introduction,
Author: Pat Earnshaw.
Publisher
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Report upon his Visits to Irish Lace-making and Embroidery Schools in 1889
Author: Cole, Alan
Source:
Publisher: Department of Science and Art, London (1889)
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Weaving

This is Donegal Tweed
Author: Hoad, Judith
Source:
Publisher:Shoestring Publications, Donegal (1987)
ISBN:

Weaving tapestry in rural Ireland; Taipeis Gael, Donegal.
Author:Sayres, Meghan Nuttall
Publisher: Reference & Research Book News. Gale Group
Source:
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Contemporary

Contemporary Irish Textile Artists: Exploring Experiences of Gender, Culture, and Artistic Medium
Authors Nancy J. Nelson, Karen L. LaBat, Gloria M. Williams
Source: Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1, 15-25 (2002)
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.1177/0887302X0202000102

Contemporary Irish Textile Art: The Women of Annaghmakerrig
Authors: Karen L. Labat, Nancy J. Nelson
Publisher:University of Minnesota, Goldstein Gallery (1996)
ISBN10: 093971907x

If you know of any other, please let me know, I will add them to the list.

The Pasold Research Fund - promotes and supports research on textile history, broadly defined. It does this by giving financial assistance to researchers, by organising and supporting conferences and workshops and by publishing a monograph series and a major journal, Textile History.

Victoria and Albert Museum : http://www.vam.ac.uk/

Quarry Bank Mill Museum : http://www.rmplc.co.uk/orgs/quarrybankmill/

Cornucopia: UK Museum Collections: http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/termsAZ/aterms.html/

American Textile History Museum : http://www.athm.org/sites/athm24/home.html

Textile Museum Washington : http://www.textilemuseum.org/

Macclesfield Silk Museum : http://www.silk-macclesfield.org/

Helmshore Museum : http://www.lancashire.com/lcc/museums/htm.htm

Museum of Costume : http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/Default.htm

Museum of Costume and Lace : http://www.brussels-online.be/musee-du-costume/index.htm

Centre for North West Regional Studies, Lancaster University http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/cnwrs