Word: irelander
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lindsay Crawford, representing the Irish Free State, said that a determined effort was to be made against calling any product "Irish" that was not made in Ireland. The effort, he continued, is to be directed against those who sell "Irish" poplin, mackerel, butter and other products...
...statement that the amount of lace imported from Ireland during the last few years was so small as to be negligible is not accurate, because most of the Irish lace went to England and was shipped from there as an English product. In England, the trademark laws are so strict that no one dares to misbrand any article, and so we felt safe enough so far as the English trade was concerned...
...Ireland now has a stable Government, statistics are being kept and, before long, we will be able to make accurate reports concerning our imports and exports. In the meantime, we intend to prevent merchants from calling inferior goods by an Irish name. This injures us and restricts our market...
...dinner at which prominent men from Northern Ireland and from the Free State assembled was given last week by the Irish Club in London. Sir James Craig, Premier of Ulster, was unable to attend on account of the death of his brother; President (Premier) William T. Cosgrave of the Free State was unable to be present; but Governor General "Tim" Healy of the Irish Free State, "Tay Pay" O'Connor (the only Irish Nationalist member of the House of Commons-known as "the Father of the House"), and the Duke of York, among others, were present...
...Duke of York twitted "Tay Pay." He had, he said, heard only one complaint about him and that was that he was willing to do everything for Ireland except live there...