Show alie national cloth of ireland As far back as the history of ireland can be traced in writings tinga mention ia nade of a coarse woolen cloth woven by the people of the country and known to them as frieze the name is said to be drawn from the ancient frisa in the netherlands whence possibly the art of making the fabric was derived so remote however is the period when frieze was first made in erin that no one can tell when or where or by whom it was originally spun century after century so lony that the mind of man not to the contrary it has been the national cloth of ireland the distinctive dress of patriot peasant and peer and since the seventeenth century an outward badge of the peoples aspirations for nationality Dono hoes magazine |