NEWRY: 1790 TO 1847. A great variety of flint glass, both cut and plain, very heavy. A great deal of table glass was made here. WATERFORD: 1729 TO 1852. Produced every possible kind of glass of the most beautiful colour and cutting. The chandeliers, candelabra, boat-shaped and turnover bowls, were perfect. The finest period was just after 1780. After 1830 the glass became much whiter. About 1815 some wonderful deep "step" cutting was done, which made the glass, in some lights, look like silver plate; while dessert services were a great feature, and I constantly come in contact with _parts_ of these services (tucked away in cellars and odd places) of the most surprisingly beautiful workmanship and colour. _NOTE._--_According to official records, the Waterford Glass Houses closed down from 1750 to 1780, but there exists a good deal of glass traditionally made within this time, certainly having all the attributes of Waterford, and being fashioned in contemporary styles._ PORTARLINGTON: 1670. One of the very earliest glass-houses was erected here on the Stannus property, but very little is known about it or its particular productions, and it closed down in a few years from lack of financial support. I believe drinking glasses were its chief output. We have a tumbler which was made here, and some wine glasses are still in existence. =IRISH GILDING.= Foreign workmen were employed in Ireland, particularly cutters, engravers, and gilders. Irish gilding almost stands alone. It is _very_ hard, and cannot be rubbed off in the usual way. When deliberately scraped off it leaves the glass underneath quite rough, consequently it has survived ordinary wear and tear almost intact. The process was chemical, and it is a great pity that more of it was not done. Very fine soft oil gilding was executed for some years, about 1786, by a German called Grahl. =THE LAST MAKER.= The glass industry died out about 1896, Pugh, of Dublin, being the last maker of flint glass in Ireland. He is often credited with being the first to introduce "lustre" cutting, but the rare plate of the Cork Glass Cutters' Union, already referred to, shows that this decoration must have been done in Cork early in the nineteenth century, since it may be presumed that the pieces they have chosen as being representative of their own craft would be those most largely produced. The fine old jug in the centre, for instance, is a splendid specimen of "lustre" work. Some people, other than glass-cutters, refer to this as "pillar cutting"--quite a good description. =GLASS-MAKERS' WAGES.=