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Stampaí
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Oideachais
Comhpháirtithe
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Eolas Fúinn
Réada
Stampaí
Stampa a Dhearadh
Músaeim
Oideachais
Comhpháirtithe
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Eolas Fúinn
Réada
Stampaí
Stampa a Dhearadh
Músaeim
Oideachais
Comhpháirtithe
English
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Penrose Glass Decanter
Late-Eighteenth Century
What was not a contributing factor to the success of the penrose factory?
Lifting of English prohibition on exports of glass from Ireland
Lifting of duties on coal used for manufacture
Hundreds of skilled employees within the company
What larger pattern does the decline of the glass industry reflect?
Failure of Ireland under the union to catch up with the Britsh industrial revolution
Postive Anglo-Irish relations
Highly concentrated industrial employment
What sector of industrial employment was the most dominant with 2/3 of the workforce being employed in it?
Construction
Agriculture
Textiles