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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.
1978
c1850
1924
MULLAN STORY
Our factory in Mullan Village.
