Category: Creative Ireland
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Laced Into the Landscape: Limerick Lace Historic Locations
Limerick City Library, 16 August 2025, 14:30pm – 15:30pm Address: Barrow House, Michael St, Prior’s-Land, Limerick, V94 RF63 Uncover the hidden lacework of Limerick’s streets in this engaging talk tracing the locations tied to the rise of Limerick lace. From factories to family homes, discover how the city’s architecture and communities shaped a world-renowned craft.…
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The Fine Art of Limerick Lace: A Pop-Up Showcase
Limerick City Library, 16 August, 10am – 5pm Barrow House, Michael St, Prior’s-Land, Limerick, V94 RF63 Step into the delicate world of Limerick lace with The Fine Art of Limerick Lace, a special pop-up exhibition by Friends of Lace Limerick at Limerick City Library. Discover intricate lace pieces, historic tools, and stories woven through generations.…
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Lace Beginnings: Learn the Art of Limerick Lace
Limerick City Library, 16 August 2025, 10:30am – 1pm Address: Barrow House, Michael St, Prior’s-Land, Limerick, V94 RF63 Curious about lace-making? Join our beginner-friendly workshop and discover the graceful art of Limerick lace! No experience needed—just an interest in heritage crafts and a willingness to learn. Led by skilled teacher Eva Ryley helped by experienced…
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The Programme of the Amazing Lace Symposium 2025
The 2025 edition of the Amazing Lace Symposium will take place on Saturday, 22 February 2025, in the Absolute Hotel, from 10am to 5pm. Here’s the programme for the day: MORNING SESSION 11:05 – 11:20 Break LUNCH in the Harry’s on the River Restaurant – 1:05-2pm AFTERNOON SESSION There will be 7 tables with 10…
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Repair, Repurpose, Recycle sessions
As part of the Síolta Glasa project, Friends of Lace Limerick are offering a series of skills sharing sessions titled “Repair, Repurpose, Recycle”. Every Tuesday from 12 to 1pm (in November 2024 and then again from January 2025) at the Citizen Innovation Lab (UL City Centre Campus), we will be offering advice and support to…
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South Armagh Lace Collective visiting Limerick
This post was published first on Laces of Ireland. Between 4 and 6 October 2024, a delegation of The South Armagh Lace Collective came to visit Limerick , following the invitation of Friends of Lace Limerick. Day 1 of the visit was spent in the Limerick Museum, studying and discussing pieces from the Florence Vere O’Brien and…
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South Armagh Lace Gathering
This post was published first on the Laces of Ireland project website. On 21-23 June 2024, following the invitation received from the South Armagh Lace Collective, a delegation of Friends of Lace Limerick , including Susan Frawley, Fidelma Cosgrave, Toni O’Malley, Eva Ryley, Marina Poster and Gabriela Avram, undertook a trip to Culloville in South Armagh. On the…
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Limerick lace pop-up exhibition
For this year’s Heritage Week, we have decided to bring our lace out of the museum setting and on to the main street, so that people who are not frequent museum goers or are unaware of Limerick’s lace making history and traditions can come upon our exhibition accidentally. We want to demonstrate that lace making…
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Limerick Lace Beginners Workshop
We were delighted to collaborate with the Northstar Family Support Project in offering an initiation into Limerick lace to a group of ladies yesterday, 28 May 2024. Eva Ryley presented the first steps in Limerick lace: setting the hoop , threading the needle, copying a pattern and attaching it to the hoop, creating an outline…
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The 2024 Amazing Lace Symposium
On Saturday 23 March 2024, after a break of more than 4 years caused by the COVID 19 pandemic, we were delighted to welcome lace makers, lace artists, lace historians, lace enthusiasts and lace curious participants back. The Amazing Lace Symposium 2024 was, once again, hosted by the fabulous Absolute Hotel, situated on the banks…