Linenopolis
Linenopolis was a nickname applied to the city of Belfast in the 19th century.[1][2]
During the American Civil War there were disruptions to the supply of cotton reaching Europe, and during this period Irish linen experienced somewhat of a revival. There was a shortage of cotton goods on the world market. This was known as the Cotton Famine, and much of the slack was taken up by Irish linen. There was significant expansion in the industry, and many mill owners made enormous profits. Even after the end of the Civil War in 1865, the momentum was maintained and companies continued to flourish until the mid-1870s. Belfast, Ireland was by then the largest linen producing area in the world, and this continued to be the case up until World War I; the city greatly earned the nickname of Linenopolis.[3] Manchester was the cotton capital of the British Empire; Belfast was the linen capital.[4]
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- ↑ Ireland, Culture Northern (18 May 2006). "Linenopolis". Culture Northern Ireland.
- ↑ "'Linenopolis' - The Story Behind the Nickname for EHOD 2021 - Belfast". Discover Northern Ireland.
- ↑ Fergusons History of Irish linen "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2008-01-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Linenopolis: The Linen Quarter of Belfast Connolly Cove". 12 August 2019.
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