 They brought improved methods for linen production with them, contributing to the growth of the linen industry in Ireland in particular.Among them was Louis Crommelin, a leader who was appointed overseer of the royal linen manufacture of Ireland.He settled in the town of Lisburn near Belfast, which is itself perhaps the most famous linen producing center throughout history; during the Victorian era the majority of the world's linen was produced in the city which gained it the name Linenopolis.