Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Belleek Pottery
Belleek Pottery in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Belleek Pottery is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Belleek Pottery Ltd is a porcelain company that began trading in 1884 as the Belleek Pottery Works Company Ltd in Belleek, County Fermanagh, Ireland in what was to later become Northern Ireland. The factory produces Parian ware that is characterised by its thinness, slightly iridescent surface and body formulated with a significant proportion of frit.
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Background
History
Pottery in the Belleek region began around 1849, after John Caldwell Bloomfield inherited his father's estate. Seeking to provide employment for his tenants, who had been affected by the Great Famine, and being an amateur mineralogist, he ordered a geological survey of his land. On finding that the area was rich in minerals, Bloomfield went into partnership with London architect Robert Williams Armstrong and Dublin merchant David McBirney. In setting up a pottery business, Bloomfield managed to get a railway line built to Belleek so that coal could be delivered with which to fire kilns. Belleek acquired Donegal Parian China in November 2000.
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- Coordinates
- 54.4821, -8.0866
- Established
- 1857
Sources
- wikidata: Q4883748 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Belleek Pottery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Belleek Pottery?
- Belleek Pottery is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4821°, -8.0866°.
- When was Belleek Pottery built?
- Belleek Pottery dates to 1857.