Linen Houses of the Lagan Valley and Their Families

by Kathleen Rankin

By the late 19th century, Belfast had developed into one of the great industrial cities of the Empire. Much of this new-found wealth was based on the manufacture of linen. The opulent lifestyle that came to be so characteristic of the great linen barons is reflected perhaps best of all in the houses they built. Many travelled from their imposing mansions in the Lagan Valley into the city on the new Great Northern Railway. Others lived in equally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913993434
• ISBN13: 9781913993436
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 10.4"