In early 1922, Foxford Woollen Mills commissioned a special Travel Woollen Blanket for General Michael Collins to mark his appointment as Commander in Chief of the newly established Irish Army.
The blanket was in his armoured car at the ambush at Béal na Bláth in August 1922. It was recovered by Nurse Nora O’Donoghue and later donated to the Michael Collins House, Clonakilty, Co. Cork.
In conjunction with Michael Collins House, Foxford Woollen Mills reproduced the blanket in 2016.
