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Mullan Lighting is a lighting design and manufacturing
company based in Ireland. Our name derives from the small
village in Ireland in which we continue to create our light
fixtures. Mullan, or An Muileann in Irish, translates to ‘The
Mill’. This is our story.
A flax mill, with its associated mill race and workers’
cottages, is developed on the site in Mullan village. The
mill remained operational until the early 20th century.
A shoe factory is established in the old mill and Mullan
village is once again a bustling rural centre. The factory
employed over 80 people at its height and manufactured
the Mill Brand and the Border Brand footwear.
The shoe factory closes. The nearby border road also closes due to
The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The factory would lie idle for the
next 30 years. By 1990 most of the mill cottages are abandoned
and the village is all but deserted.
Mullan Lighting is established by Mike Treanor inside the
old mill building. At the same time the mill houses in the
village are faithfully restored and life is brought back to
the village once more.
Mullan Lighting attends its first international trade show,
MAISON&OBJET, in Paris. Subsequent trade shows in
Germany, Stockholm and the UK help establish the Mullan
Lighting brand across Europe.
2013
1924
2009
MULLAN STORY
Mullan Lighting expands its product range from traditional
pub and church lighting to vintage and industrial-style
lighting. The company begins to export to the UK.
Les Innocents, Strasbourg, France by Les Agenceurs © Frederic Godard
1978
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