Mass Irish emigration to the United States of America brought with it an inevitable influence on American cap fashions of the 19th Century and early 20th Centuries.
Even though the law was repealed 26 years later the convention was established. This law further established the flat cap as a staple of Irish/English working class clothing culture. In 1571 Queen Elizabeth I sought to stimulate trade in the Irish and English wool trade, by passing an act obliging males over six years of age (except for nobility and persons of degree) to wear caps of wool manufacture on force of a fine (3/4d per day). Traditional Irish tweed flat cap - made by me!
Traditional Irish Flat Cap - Paddy Cap - Black - 100% Pure New Wool - Padded / Quilted - HANDMADE IN IRELAND
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