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Avoca Handweavers, now mostly known simply as Avoca, is a clothing manufacturing, retail and food business in Ireland. The company began in Avoca , County Wicklow , and is the oldest working woollen mill in Ireland and one of the world's oldest manufacturing companies.
The Wicklow gold rush, or the Avoca gold rush, [4] was a gold rush that began on 15 September 1795, following the discovery of gold on the northern slopes of Croghan Kinsella mountain, County Wicklow, Ireland. [5] [6] [7] The unregulated period of gold collection ended with a military takeover exactly one month later, on 15 October 1795. [8]
Avoca (Irish: Abhóca, formerly Abhainn Mhór, meaning 'the great river') [2] is a small town near Arklow, in County Wicklow, Ireland.It is situated on the River Avoca.. The Avoca area has been associated with its copper mines for many years and the valley has been celebrated by Thomas Moore in the song "The Meeting of the Waters".
The Avoca (Irish: Abhainn Abhóca) is a river in County Wicklow, Ireland.It is contained completely within the county. Its length is 35 miles (56.3 km). [1]The Avoca starts life as two rivers, the Avonmore (Irish: Abhainn Mhór, meaning 'Big River') and the Avonbeg (Irish: Abhainn Bheag, meaning 'Small River').
County Wicklow (/ ˈ w ɪ k l oʊ / WIK-loh; Irish: Contae Chill Mhantáin [ˈkɔn̪ˠt̪ˠeː ˌçiːl̠ʲ ˈwan̪ˠt̪ˠaːnʲ]) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 , it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster .
The Mount Usher Gardens and Arboretum are located at the end of the village nearer Wicklow Town. The gardens were previously owned and operated by Madelaine Jay and the Jay family, but recently the gardens and shopping courtyard were leased to the Avoca Handweavers company, which originated in Avoca, County Wicklow, and which was owned and operated by the Pratt family for many generations, but ...
Emily Adelaide Wynne was born in Germany in 1872. Her parents were Albert Augustus Wynne, a civil and mining engineer, and Alice Katherine (née Wynne). She was the eldest of five children, with three sisters, Winifred Frances (1873–1969), and Alice Clara 'Veronica' (1890–1969), and two brothers John Brian (1877–1977) known as Jack and Charles (1895–1917).
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