Author: Gabriela Avram
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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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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…
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Amazing Lace Symposium 2019
The Limerick Museum in collaboration with Friends of Lace are inviting you to the Amazing Lace Symposium 2019 that will take place in the Absolute Hotel in Limerick on Saturday, 12 October 2019, from 10am to 5pm. Friends of Lace are a local group of lace makers formed in 2017 in Limerick with the mission to bring Limerick lace…
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Lace making classes- new term
New Limerick Lace classes are starting at the Granary (in the Library) on 12 September 2019 (Thursday mornings 10:30 to 12:30). The classes will take place weekly for 10 weeks. For registering your interest or for getting more information, call Toni O’Malley on 087 277 5113. The photo shows the work of Eva Ryley, who…
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Heritage Week 2019
As part of Heritage Week 2019, Friends of lace in collaboration with the Limerick Museum are organising an exhibition of Limerick lace pieces, designs and related objects. The exhibition will be launched by Councillor Michael Sheahan, Mayor of the City and County of Limerick on Tuesday, 13 August at 5:45pm. Everybody welcome! The exhibition will…