New Limerick Lace classes are starting at the Granary (in the Library) on September 14th 2017 (Thursday mornings 10:30 to 12:30).For registering your interest or for getting more information, call Toni on 087 277 5113.
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Limerick Lace classes offered in Cappamore
The Limerick College for Further Education offers Limerick Lace making classes at its Cappamore Campus location.
LCFE Cappamore is situated in the Slieve Felim area on the border of Tipperary and Limerick.
For more information on the lace making course, call 061 381272.
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.
New Limerick Lace course starting in January at the Hunt Museum
A new 10 weeks course on Limerick lace making is starting at the Hunt Museum on Thursday, 21 January 2016.
The group will meet every Thursday from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
For more information and for registering, ring Toni O’Malley at 087 2775113.
The cost is 11o€ for the 10 sessions + 20€for materials.
Limerick lace course at the Hunt Museum – the first steps
Now in its fourth week, the Limerick lace course taught by Toni O’Malley at the Hunt Museum is bringing the six participants on a beautiful journey.
- The first week’s session was dedicated to the preparation of the tools and pattern tracing.
- The second week saw the participants choosing a pattern and attaching it to the hoop, followed by learning the outline stitch.
- During the third session, Toni taught us the heavy darn stitch.
See below a few images of our group at work:
Tools of the trade:
Old Limerick lace piece recently cleaned and restored by Toni:
Limerick Lace Making Workshops in Kenmare
Beautiful Limerick lace pieces
A few pieces from the personal collection of Toni O’Malley:
10 weeks Limerick lace course starting this Thursday!
A 10 weeks course on Limerick lace making is starting at the Hunt Museum on Thursday, 24 September 2015 at 10:30.
The group will meet every Thursday from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
The meeting point for Thursday is in the Hunt Museum shop.
For more information and for registering, ring Toni O’Malley at 087 2775113.
The cost is 11o€ for the 10 sessions + 20€for materials.
The Kenmare Lace Festival – 19-22 March 2015
From the Kenmare Lace Festival website:
Kenmare Biennial Lace Festival had its origins in ‘The Gathering Ireland 2013’, a series of events, festivals and gatherings of all kinds welcoming people to Ireland during 2013.
From 19 to 22 March 2015 we will again celebrate the wonderful heritage of lacemaking and design established by the Poor Clare nuns in post famine Kenmare in the 1860s.
There is a full festival programme with lacemaking workshops in nine different disciplines running over two days. For the fashion conscious there will be a fashion show, a fashion-able competition and ‘meet the designers’ at the Art & Design Cloister. Exhibitions will showcase the very best in lacemaking and Irish design. There will be a full day of lacemaking workshops including Kenmare Lacemaking for both beginners and experienced lacemakers.
All the events are aimed at encouraging people to uphold tradition, good design and culture. To find out what is taking place during the festival go to the programme page.
The festival includes lace making workshops (3h each) in the following types of lace:
- Kenmare Needlepoint Lace
- Carrickmacross Lace
- Bobbin Lace
- Traditional Irish Crochet Lace
- Limerick Lace
Registration is now open for lace making workshops. Workshops are running on Friday and Saturday.
Recording of ‘Amazing Lace’ launch
Many thanks to Michael Potter for filming the launch of the Amazing Lace book and Exhibition.
Jacqui Hayes, Limerick Archivist hosted the evenings events, Pascal Pestre, Deputy Mayor of Calais launched the exhibition. Among the special guests was Veronica Rowe, who is the grand daughter of Florence Vere-O’Brien, one of the most important names in the history of Limerick lace. While Dr Matthew Potter spoke about the history of Limerick Lace.
Thank you very much to all who were present, and don’t forget the exhibition will be open until March 2015! The Amazing Lace book is available for sale at the museum and in the O’Mahony book shop.