A father and son revive traditional tweed craft in Ireland. Excerpt: Weaving used to be one of Donegal’s largest industries, but today it’s almost gone. Unlike Harris & Lewis, where Harris Tweed is ...

As Walker explained, the term Donegal is not used exclusively for wool, but may refer to any plain weave cloth speckled by “neps” or “slubs” of differently colored yarns woven into the cloth at random ...

Weavers of Ireland's famous Donegal tweed have called for a special protected status for their product, as the craft industry battles a raft of cheaper imitations branding themselves as "Donegals".

County Donegal, a region of breath-taking beauty in Northwest of Ireland is synonymous with tweed. For centuries, every farm hand-loomed its own wool after harvest. Now, most of that tweed is ...

The Donegal name is synonymous with one of Ireland’s most revered counties and also with its most famous heritage brand, Donegal Tweed. But did you know that just because its called Donegal tweed ...

The Wild Donegal Tweed Project in Rome showing the cultural value of Ireland’s heritage textile will be displayed at Showcase, the craft and design expo at the RDS in Dublin, this weekend. In December ...

From the uniform of peasants to the darling of couturiers, tweed has been transformed across the centuries. Now, its resurgence in fashion and interiors is good news for Irish companies who never ...

In 1961 a group of six eminent Scandinavian designers were invited to Ireland to publish a report and recommendations on design in Ireland. After a two-week intensive study visiting all corners of the ...

If you've stopped by Jcrew.com over the past few years and you're Irish you will have noticed that something remarkable has happened to the most northern county in Ireland. It has moved to England!