Donegal Tweed Cloth?

• Jan 31, 2011

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Philalethes

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Is it possible to buy Donegal tweed cloth online?
I have found many establishments that sell Harris Tweed cloth but none that sell Donegal. Is it because Donegal tweed is manufactured in smaller quantities than Harris, or perhaps because Donegal tweed is less popular?

 

• Jan 31, 2011

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dnjan

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MyCustomTailor carries some.

 

• Jan 31, 2011

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Creeping Past

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Couple of good sources from this start-off search, including John Molloy.

Also, Kevin & Howlin.

Visit Ardara and see for yourself...

 

• Jan 31, 2011

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Did you google this? I just found an online dealer in 30 seconds. Can't vouch for them however...

 

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• Jan 31, 2011

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H.Johnson

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Donegal

And Magee...

Creeping Past said:

Couple of good sources from this start-off search, including John Molloy.

Also, Kevin & Howlin.

Visit Ardara and see for yourself...

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• Feb 1, 2011

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Philalethes

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Thanks all for the links. I overlooked John Molloy, which has some especially nice offerings.
Ireland is certainly high on my list for travel, especially since I have just recently discovered that I have Irish ancestry.

 

• Feb 1, 2011

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Philalethes said:

Thanks all for the links. I overlooked John Molloy, which has some especially nice offerings.
Ireland is certainly high on my list for travel, especially since I have just recently discovered that I have Irish ancestry.

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if you do go, donegal is worth a visit. the scenery is lovely. Theres not much of a textile industry left though. its all moved to places like morocco

 

• Feb 2, 2011

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Diamondback1

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I can recommend John Malloy. My ex-wife purchased from them some years ago with good results.

 

• Oct 14, 2015

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Found this thread, and thought I would restart it, on account of not wanting to start a new one unnecessarily. Looking for advice here: my grandfather used to wear tweed jackets a lot, in what you might call a semi Donegal type of weave. It looked like fish scales. The cloth was not particularly woolly, as some tweeds are, and I wondered if there were tweed weaves that are not used now, but which were common during the golden era. My grandfather would have bought his around about 1940.