The Dromore Linen Festival is taking place between 18 and 24 September 2025.
A week long festival in connection with the former linen industry, this includes McConville’s Mill Open Day (Sat 20 Sept).
Hourly tours will guide visitors through the processes of retting, breaking, scutching, and heckling. A free shuttle bus will run between the mill and the town square.
The Belfast Telegraph reports on the restoration of an in situ ‘isolation pillar’ which was part of the tram network in Belfast. These allowed engineers to isolate part of the network for maintenance whilst keeping the rest of the network running.
The box is located on Linenhall Street and has both the city coat of arms and “BTH” for “British Thompson Houston”, cast into it.
Culture Night takes place on September 19 2025. I have compiled a list of Culture Night events of an IH nature:
BELFAST
Past, Present & Future of Belfast Public Transport
CORK
Rising Sons Brewery: Brewery Tour
DUBLIN
Dublin Docklands: An Exhibition of Photographs
Step back in time in The Liberties – Iveagh Trust Tour
KILDARE
Culture Night at The Steam Museum and Lodge Park Walled Garden
WEXFORD