Limerick Lace
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Limerick lace classes this autumn
A new 10 weeks semester of lacemaking classes focusing on Limerick lace will start on Tuesday, October 3rd 2023. The classes will take place on Tuesday mornings from 10:30am to 12:30pm in a location on Dock Road, Limerick. The classes are taught by Toni O’Malley. Complete beginners are welcome. A beginner kit will be provided. […]
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A conversation with Susan Frawley
Dr. Susan Frawley is the chairperson of Friends of Lace Limerick. As part of a series of videos dedicated to HeritageWeek2023 and AugustCraftMonth2023, we invited her to talk about the Friends of Lace group, their projects and upcoming events. The series of ten videos created as part of the Laces of Ireland are all available […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]