Shrigley Mill

The Linen Mills of Northern Ireland and Shrigley Mill

Sebastian Graham, an expert in the architecture and built heritage of Ulster’s linen industry will be providing an overview of history of the linen mills of Northern Ireland, looking particularly at those within County Down and Shrigley Mill, which, in its day had been one of the most important mills in Ireland.

ABOUT SEBASTIAN GRAHAM

Sebastian Graham is the Heritage at Risk Officer for Ulster Architecture Heritage. Sebastian graduated from Ulster University with a BA (Hons) 2.1 in History, a postgraduate diploma in Environmental Management and more recently an MA in History in 2019. Sebastian’s particular interest is in the field of industrial archaeology and has developed an online resource exploring over 4000 mill sites across Northern Ireland. Sebastian has previously worked for the National Trust and Libraries NI and established a reminiscence group sharing memories of different buildings around Cookstown.