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and evident in this fl oral collar: fl at cotton stitching made with fi bre thinner than human hair, motifs surrounded by shell stitches (seven tiny stitches on each loop). But the Youghal women also developed 50 new stitches. They had to combine inventiveness with fi nesse to compete in a market fl ooded by machine- made lace.”
98. INTEL MICROPROCESSOR, 1994
“In 1989 an American microprocessor manufacturer, Intel, opened a factory on a former stud farm in Leixlip, Co Kildare. It was not an especially sophisticated operation—essentially an assembly line for the basic 486 processor; but the success of that factory led Intel to take a huge gamble on Ireland. It decided to build on the Leixlip campus a facility called Fab 10—the world’s fi rst high- volume, 200 millimetre semiconductor wafer plant. In 1994, when Intel launched the Pentium processor that was central to the emergence of the personal computer as an everyday consumer product, more than half of worldwide processor production was based at Leixlip. Over the next decade, the Irish plant produced one billion Pentium chips. Intel went on to invest over €6bn at the site, making it the most technologically advanced industrial location in Europe. Such a development was unimaginable
in the 1950s—and not simply because no one predicted the rise of information technology. Ireland was a declining economic backwater, with little sophisticated industry, few global trade links and a poorly educated workforce. The road to Fab 10 began with Ken Whitaker’s [...] ‘Programme for economic expansion’, written in 1958. It was a catalyst for changes that by then were already under way—a shift from economic protectionism to an attempt to attract foreign investment through low corporate taxes.”
www.100objects.ie 100 OBJECTS LISTING
1. Mesolithic Fish Trap, c 5000BC 2. Ceremonial Axehead, 3600BC 3. Neolithic Bowl, c 3500BC 4. Flint Macehead, 3300-2800BC 5. Neolithic Bag, 3800-2500BC 6. Basket Earrings, c 2300BC 7. Pair Of Gold Discs, 2200-2000BC 8. Coggalbeg Gold Hoard, 2300-2000BC 9. Bronze Age Funerary Pots, 1900-1300BC 10. ‘Tara’ Torcs, c 1200BC 11. Mooghaun Hoard, c 800BC 12. Gleninsheen Gold Gorget, c 800-700BC 13. Castlederg Bronze Cauldron, 700-600BC 14. Iron Spearhead, 800-675BC 15. Broighter Boat, c 100BC 16. Armlet, Old Croghan Man, 362-175 BC 17. Loughnashade Trumpet, c 100 BC 18. Keshcarrigan Bowl, Early First Century AD 19. Corleck Head, First To Second Century AD 20. Petrie ‘Crown’, Second Century AD 21. Cunorix Stone, AD460-475 22. St Patrick’s Confessio, c AD 460-490 23 Mullaghmast Stone, AD 500-600 24. St Patrick’s Bell-Shrine, c AD500 25. Springmount Wax Tablets, Late-Sixth Century 26. Ballinderry Brooch, c AD600 27. Donore Handle, 700-720 28. Book Of Kells, c 800 29. ‘Tara’ Brooch, Eighth Century 30. Ardagh Chalice, Eighth Century 31. Derrynfl an Paten, Late-Eighth Century 32. Moylough Belt Shrine, Eighth/Ninth Century 33. Rinnigan Crucifi xion Plaque, Eighth/Ninth Century 34. Tall Cross, Monasterboice, Late-Ninth Century 35. Oseberg Ship, c 815 36. Ballinderry Sword, Mid-Ninth Century 37. Decorated Lead Weights, c 900 38. Roscrea Brooch, Late-Ninth Or Early-Tenth Century 39. Slave Chain, Late-Ninth Or Early-Tenth Century 40. Silver Cone, Mid-Tenth Century 41. Carved Crook, Early Eleventh Century 42. Breac Maodhog Shrine, Late Eleventh Century 43. Clonmacnoise Crozier, Eleventh Century 44. Cross Of Cong, Early Twelfth Century 45. ‘Strongbow’s’ Tomb, Twelfth Century 46. Laudabiliter Papal Bull, 1155
Image credits: Mesolithic fi sh trap: National Roads Authority - photography by John Sunderland; Book of Kells, 99v: the board of Trinity College Dublin; Tall Cross Monasterboice: National Monuments Service, Photographic Unit; remaining photos courtesy of National Museum of Ireland
78 INNOVATION IRELAND REVIEW Issue 7 Autumn/Winter 2013
47. Figure Of A Horseman, Thirteenth Century 48. The Domhnach Airgid, c 1350 49. Waterford Charter Roll, 1215-1373 50. Two Coins, 1284 And 1460 51. Processional Cross, 1479 52. Magi Cope, c 1470 53. De Burgo-O’Malley Chalice, 1494 54. Kavanagh Charter Horn, Thirteenth And Fifteenth Centuries 55. Gallowglass Gravestone, Fifteenth Or Sixteenth Century 56. The Book Of Common Prayer, 1551 57. Salamander Pendant, c 1588 58. Morion, Late Sixteenth Century 59. Leac Na Riogh 1602 60. Wassail Bowl, Late Sixteenth Century 61. Deposition On Atrocities, 1641 62. O’Queely Chalice, 1640 63. Fleetwood Cabinet, c 1652 64. Book Of Survey And Distribution, Mid- Seventeenth Century 65. King William’s Gauntlets, c 1690 66. Crucifi xion Stone, 1740 67. Conestoga Wagon, Eighteenth Century 68. Wood’s Halfpence, 1720s 69. Dillon Regiment Flag, 1745 70. Rococo Silver Candlestick, c 1745 71. Engraving Of Linen-Makers, 1782 72. Cotton Panel Showing Volunteer Review, 1783 73. Pike, 1798 74. Act Of Union Blacklist, Early Nineteenth Century 75. Penrose Glass Decanter, Late Eighteenth Century 76. Robert Emmet’s Ring, 1790s 77. Wicker Cradle, Nineteenth-Twentieth Centuries 78. Daniel O’Connell’s ‘Chariot’, 1844 79. Stokes Tapestry, 1833-53 80. Threatening Letter, 1842 81. Empty Cooking Pot, 1845-9 82. Emigrant’s Teapot, 1850-1950 83. William Smith O’Brien Cup, 1854 84. Parnell Silver Casket, 1844 85. Carlow Cathedral Pulpit, 1899 86. Youghal Lace Collar, 1906 87. GAA Medal, 1887 88. Reclining Buddha, Late-Nineteenth Century 89. ‘Titanic’ Launch Ticket, May 1911 90. Lamp From ‘River Clyde’, 1915 91. James Connolly’s Shirt, 1916 92. Rejected Coin Design, 1927 93. Boyne Coracle, 1928 94. Eileen Gray Chair, 1926 95. Emigrant’s Suitcase, 1950s 96. Washing Machine, 1950s 97. Bloody Sunday Handkerchief, 1972 98. Intel Microprocessor, 1994 99. Anglo Irish Bank Sign, 2000–2011 100. Decommissioned IRA Weapon, 2005
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