Category: Events

  • Lace Talk: Maude Kearney: Luminary of Limerick Lace

    Lace Talk: Maude Kearney: Luminary of Limerick Lace

    As part of National Heritage Week, the Limerick Museum is offering a lace talk on Friday 18 August at 2pm in the museum. Dr Matthew Potter, Curator of Limerick Museum, will give a talk on famed Limerick lace-maker Maude Kearney (1873-1963). For over fifty years, Mrs Kearney ran a lace-making business in Limerick City called […]

  • Limerick Lace Workshop for Beginners

    Limerick Lace Workshop for Beginners

    A one day Limerick lace workshop for beginners will take place in the Limerick Museum, that has a number of remarkable lace artefacts on display. The event is part of National Heritage Week and August Craft Month. The workshop will be led by reputed lace teacher Toni O’Malley. Toni learnt the craft of Limerick lace […]

  • Bring Out Your Lace 2023

    Bring Out Your Lace 2023

    Does your family have any piece of lace hidden away? Maybe a family heirloom, or something you have acquired at some point that you wonder about. Limerick Museum and Friends of Lace Limerick are organising a two-day special event in the Limerick Museum on Heritage Week, where you can bring in your own items of […]

  • Visiting the Cork Public Museum Lace Collection

    Visiting the Cork Public Museum Lace Collection

    On May 25 2023, a group of Friends of Lace members travelled to Cork to visit the Cork Public Museum. Thanks to the curator Daniel Breen and to his colleagues, we had access to a significant part of the Limerick lace pieces in the collection! Daniel also showed us a sample of the lace patterns […]

  • Limerick Lace Workshop for Beginners – July

    Limerick Lace Workshop for Beginners – July

    Were you always curious about how Limerick lace is made? Here comes your opportunity! A one day Limerick lace workshop for beginners will take place on Saturday, 15 July 2023, from 10am to 4:30pm in the Limerick Museum. The workshop will be taught by Toni O’Malley and supported by Friends of Lace Limerick. The fees […]

  • Riverfest  Lace Exhibition

    Riverfest Lace Exhibition

    An antique, vintage and crafts fair took place at the Milk Market on Sunday, April 30, and Monday, May 1, 2023 as part of the Riverfest weekend. Friends of Lace were invited by the organisers to organise a pop-up Limerick Lace exhibition, a lace making demonstration and to give a talk on the past and […]

  • Our first meeting for 2023

    Our first meeting for 2023

    Following the news that Limerick Museum is now open on Saturdays, Friends of Lace have decided to meet on the 4th Saturday of the month from now on until the end of 2023. Our first meeting took place on Saturday, 25 February, and had the purpose to discuss and plan for future activities, approve a […]

  • Introductory lacemaking workshops for UL students

    Introductory lacemaking workshops for UL students

    At the invitation of the @ULCrafts Society, Eva Ryley and Gabriela Avram, from Toni O’Malley’s lace-making class, led two introductory Limerick lace workshops on October 24 and again on November 7 2022 with two groups of students at the University of Limerick. The images below are from the last session. We shared with the students […]

  • Heritage Week 2022 – The legacy of Amy Whitelegge – lace designer, lacemaker and teacher

    Heritage Week 2022 – The legacy of Amy Whitelegge – lace designer, lacemaker and teacher

    On Monday, 15 August 2022, as part of Heritage Week 2022, we organised a pop-up exhibition and a presentation by invited speaker Merrie O’Sullivan. Merrie O’Sullivan presented the lace collection of her grandmother, Amy Whitelegge, who made and taught lace in Ireland. The collection included a stunningly beautiful wedding dress and a sampler of Amy’s […]

  • Limerick Lace – from Design to Makers Online Exhibition

    Limerick Lace – from Design to Makers Online Exhibition

    An exhibition presented by Limerick Museum, curated by Dr. Matthew Potter. Research by Maureen Egan and Ruth Guiry Cagney. Images from the Sisters of Mercy Provincial Heritage Centre, Charleville, Co. Cork, by kind permission of Sister Bernadette Maria Kopek. Photography by Keith Wiseman. For detailed examination, it might be better to download a copy of […]