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Limerick Lace Beginner Kit redesign ahead of Heritage Week 2024

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Limerick Lace Beginner Kit redesign is set to be launched as part of Heritage Week 2024

Friends of Lace Limerick unveil their redesigned Limerick Lace Beginner Kit which will launch during Heritage Week 2024

As part of Heritage Week 2024, Friends of Lace Limerick have announced their redesign of the Limerick Lace Beginner Kit which will be launched on Thursday, August 22 as part of a special two-day pop-up exhibition at 16 Roches Street in Limerick City.

Hosted by Lumen Street Theatre, the exhibition will run from August 22 to 23 from 10am to 4pm and will give an immersive experience into the world of Limerick Lace.

In 2018, Toni O’Malley, supported by Friends of Lace Limerick, designed and produced a kit that was sold by the Limerick Museum and used in all the classes taught by the group since.


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Based on the experience gained during the past years through teaching and dissemination, Friends of Lace Limerick have redesigned this kit to include basic step-by-step instructions.

Friends of Lace Limerick is a volunteer group formed in Limerick in 2017, formed initially with the goal of supporting the conservation of the lace artefacts in the collection of the Limerick Museum.

As the museum does not have the space to exhibit its entire lace collection, a lot of artefacts were stored in less-than-ideal conditions and Friends of Lace Limerick received training from Rachel Phelan, textile conservation specialist, and then proceeded to catalogue and repackage the lace items for proper storage. The whole process was documented through their website.

The redesign of the beginner kit was made possible through a grant from the Intangible Cultural Heritage program, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for Heritage Week 2024. Friends of Lace Limerick invite the community to join in this celebration of a rich cultural tradition and to help spread the word about the event.

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