Category: Events
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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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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 […]
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Limerick lace – intangible cultural heritage
In July 2019, Limerick lace was added to the National Inventory of Intangible Heritage due to the efforts of Dr Matthew Potter, Curator, Limerick Museum and Dr Susan Frawley of Pennywell Lace and Friends of Lace. 30 elements of living Irish culture were given official recognition at the event which took place at Waterways Ireland. Other practices being […]
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Handover of the Florence Vere O’Brien Lace Collection
The official handover of the Florence Vere O’Brien Limerick Lace Collection to Limerick Museum by her granddaughter Veronica Rowe took place on Thursday 20 June 2019 in the Hunt Museum. The handover was attended by Deputy Mayor of Limerick City and County, Cllr Gerard Mitchell and Dr.Matthew Potter as well as by Veronica Rowe, the […]
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Amazing Lace Symposium 2018
The Limerick Museum in collaboration with Friends of Lace would like to invite you to the Amazing Lace symposium that will take place in the Absolute Hotel in Limerick on Saturday, 17 November 2018, 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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Heritage Week 2018 – Bring Out Your Lace 2018
Heritage Week is getting closer! Have you signed up for a Limerick Lace class yet? Are you going to the talk? Here is the full list of Limerick lace-related events: 16-18 August, 11am – 5pm – Bring Out Your Lace, organised by the Limerick Museum, Limerick Archives, & the Friends of Limerick Lace at the CB1 Gallery, 51a […]
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Lace Drawing Award & Exhibition Launch
At 6pm on Monday January 25th in the Limerick School of Art & Design Church Gallery, Clare Street, there will be an exhibition based on entries for a lace design competition, the ‘Florence Vere O’Brien’ award. There will also be an award ceremony for winners of the competition on the night.
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Bring Out Your Lace Catalog 2015
Limerick Museum and Archives created a beautiful digital catalogue after the successful Bring Out Your Lace event organised as part of National Heritage Week 2015.
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Bring Out Your Lace
As part of National Heritage Week 2015, Limerick Museum and Archives are asking the public to bring out their lace to a show and tell event on: Tuesday 25th August between 11am and 1pm Exhibition Area, City Hall, Limerick. On the day we will have lace expert Nora Finnegan, from Kenmare Lace and textile conservator […]