Limerick Lace
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Amazing Lace Symposium Open Call
The Symposium will take place on 22 February 2025 at the Absolute Hotel Limerick. We will have a new room configuration – round tables with 10 seats (banquet style). We will also have a pop-up exhibition on the tables around the room circumference, like in previous years. We are also proposing a new format: talks…
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Announcing the Amazing Lace Symposium 2025
Friends of lace Limerick are delighted to announce the date of our 2025 Amazing Lace Symposium: 22 February 2025! Mark your diaries! We are working on details at the moment, but we can tell you what we have so far: This event is supported by Limerick City and County Council through the Festivals and Events…
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Limerick lace classes new term
A new term of Limerick lace classes is starting in January 2025. You can join either a morning or an evening class. Beginners are welcome in both classes. To confirm your interest, please register and we will get in touch with more information. There’s no need to register if you were attending our classes during the autumn…
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Laces of Ireland stand at the Knitting & Stitching Show in Belfast
At the beginning of 2024, the Guild of Irish Lacemakers was contacted to discuss the opportunity of having a stand at the Knitting&Stitching Show in Belfast from the 7th to the 10th of November 2024. The Knitting and Stitching Show used to come to RDS every year, and it was a huge event for every…
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Researching the sources of Limerick lace
An article brought to our attention by one of our members – the text of a lecture titled “The Timeless Prestige of Kilrush Lace”, delivered by Tom Prendeville to the Kilrush Historical Society at An Teach Ceoil on Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 and stored in the Clare County Library was the starting point. Around the 1800s,…
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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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Limerick lace beginner kit available!
The redesigned Limerick Lace Beginner Kit is accompanied by the Limerick Lace Video Series. Here you’ll find the video series accompanying the kit: Those interested can now order the kit online or buy it from the Limerick Museum. The redesign was supported by an Intangible Cultural Heritage grant from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for…
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Limerick lace classes starting in September ’24
A new term of Limerick lace classes is starting in September. You can join either a morning or an evening class. Beginners are welcome in both classes. To confirm your interest, please register and we will get in touch with more information. Morning classes start on Tuesday 10 September 2024. This is a 10-week term,…
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Launch of the redesigned beginner lace kit
As part of Heritage Week 2024, Friends of Lace Limerick are excited to invite you to the launch of the redesigned Limerick Lace Beginner Kit on Thursday, 22 August 2024 at 3pm. The launch is taking place as part of our two-day pop-up exhibition(22 and 23 August, 10am to 4pm) in the centre of Limerick…