How did you get into glass-making? I started in 1969-70 when I was just turning 16. In those days there was very little work about. You took the first job you could get. I had some idea you make ...

A group of young people from County Tyrone are helping to keep a centuries-old skill alive. Evidence of glassmaking in Tyrone dates to early medieval Ireland and the first Irish glass cutting ...

Glass and crystal-cutting in County Tyrone was once world-renowned and the craft in the area dates back to 1771. However, it wasn’t until the company Tyrone Crystal was founded in 1971, ...

Tyrone Crystal has traded for about 40 years, but changing tastes combined with the effects of the recession have been blamed for falling sales of its products. Martin Mohan, who has worked for the ...

The administration of iconic Northern Ireland company Tyrone Crystal was thwarted by a theft from the company premises and a legal wrangle over trade marks, a report has revealed.

One of the first glass and crystal-cutting factories in Ireland can also be tracked back to County Tyrone. In 1771 a glassworks was opened in the townland of Drumreagh on the outskirts of Coalisland.