Irish linen

American  

noun

1. a fine, high-count linen handmade in Ireland and used for tablecloths, handkerchiefs, doilies, and garment trimmings.

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Example Sentences

Costelloe often used traditional Irish fabrics and textiles in his designs, including Irish linen and tweed.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

The moon hangs low in the red sky of “Flickering Margin of Horizon,” whose painterly gestures are deepened by the conspicuous weave of Irish linen.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022

Rosaleen met John Rickerby in 1951 when she was the 17-year-old new girl at an Irish linen company in Belfast where he worked.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2015

I gave him an Irish linen tablecloth – that's how naive.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2011

I pulled out my mother's upper right-hand bureau drawer and slipped the blue jewelry box from its hiding place under the scented Irish linen handkerchiefs.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath