Making Ireland

This chapter explores the efforts of Irish nationalists to define and regulate the national identity of Ireland through the vehicle of country-of-origin trade marking. Specifically, it charts the rise of the Irish Industrial Development Association (hereafter, IIDA), a voluntary organisation that from 1907 to 1927 regulated the use of an Irish country-of-origin trade mark, styled Déanta i nÉirinn. The chapter begins with an overview of the historical context in which the Déanta i nÉirinn was developed. It then documents the establishment and growth of the Déanta i nÉirinn trade mark and its place within the broader Irish industrial development movement. Attention then turns to the Déanta i nÉirinn trade mark users, revealing the sectoral and geographical breakdown. By analysing the products that carried the Déanta i nÉirinn trade mark, this chapter provides a sketch of Irish identity before independence in the eyes of contemporary consumers. The IIDA also prosecuted non-Irish producers that fraudulently sold goods with Irish connotations. By analysing the defendants in these cases, this chapter provides further insights into Ireland’s brand identity before independence. Finally, this chapter explores the international reach of the Déanta i nÉirinn trade mark

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