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Category: Shirtmaking

‘Tillie’s Factory Fire’ by F. J. Doherty

The Tillie and Henderson’s factory fire of 1937 was memorialised in this song by F.…

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The History of Shirtmaking in Carndonagh

  For over a hundred years, shirtmaking was the main source of income in many…

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Shirtmaking Industry

This gallery contains photos of Tillie and Henderson’s Shirt Factory and staff, both at work…

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