The women who wore Limerick lace – Sharon Slater

This page is part of a series of pages detailing the talks and workshops scheduled for the Amazing Lace Symposium 2025 taking place on 22 February in the Absolute Hotel. To see the whole programme, go here.

Talk title: The women who wore Limerick lace

Talk abstract: Taking the Gentlewoman magazine as a reference source, this talk will tell the stories of some of those whose wearing of Limerick Lace made it into the press.

Sharon Slater talking at the 2024 Amazing Lace Symposium. Picture: Keith Wiseman

Speaker’s Bio: Sharon Slater is an award-winning historian from Limerick. Her publications include 100 Women of Limerick, which highlights the forgotten stories of women in history.