Limerick Lace

I. Articles about Limerick Lace

• Limerick Lace and lady's dresses, Limerick Chronicle 21/02/1837, p17

• Extract from "Ireland- Its scenery and character, by S. Hall, Vol:1, 1841, p338 - 341

• Extract from "Irish Lace", by A. Longfield 1899 

• Extract from "Ireland- Industrial and agricultural", by P. William 1902 [photographs] 

• Extract from "Ireland- Industrial and agricultural", by P. William 1902, p427-428 

• History of Limerick Lace, by Pat Francis [source unknown], 1963, p1 - 4 

• The rose design had a special significance, The Irish Press 24/07/1963, p12 

• Extract from Limerick : An Appreciation on 19th c. trades and industries [leather, lace, milling, bacon, clothing, tobacco, brewing, papermaking, Cleeves]

• Limerick Lace, The GPA Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1988, p108 - 115 

• The story of Limerick Lace is told in a fine new book, Limerick Leader 10/07/1995, p10 

• Did Limerick Lace adorn Imperial unmentionables?, Limerick Chronicle 07/07/1998, p16

• Amazing Lace - a history of the Limerick Lace industry [brochure Limerick City of culture]

• Extract from "Traditional crafts in Ireland", by D. Shaw-Smith 2003, p42 -46

• Original Limerick Lace, tradition and beauty [brochure] 

• Limerick's part in the story of irish Lace making [year unknown]

• Limerick Lace, commerce and industry, Limerick Official Guide [year unknown], p78 & 79

II. Newspaper reports about Limerick Lace

• Lace Manufacture, The Limerick Reporter 18/05/1841 

• Sketch of a once famous industry, Munster News 08/02/1899 

• Scheme to revive old Limerick craft of Lace-Making, Limerick Leader 19/07/1952, p1 

• Limerick Lace was once a great industry, Limerick Chronicle 22/06/1963, p7 

• Limerick Lace treasured the world over, Limerick Leader 28/11/1964, p17 

• Limerick Lace has a fascinating history, Limerick Chronicle 20/07/1968, p5 

• Popularising a delicate Limerick craft, Limerick Chronicle 07/06/1969, p5 

• American treasury secretary's wife buys Limerick Lace, Limerick Leader 26/01/1974, p11 

• Lace making was ones a great Limerick industry, Limerick Leader 09/11/1974, p13 

• Limerick Lace plans market move, Limerick Chronicle 22/07/1997, p10 

• Weaving a new future for Limerick Lace, Limerick Leader 27/08/1983, p1 

• Limerick Lace hangs by a thread, Limerick Leader 13/10/1984, p1 

• Limerick Lace is back in business, Limerick Leader 17/10/1987, p14

• Lace workers forego wages in fight for survival, Limerick Leader 02/03/1988, p1

• New book on story of city lacemaking, Limerick Leader 01/07/1995, p13

• Limerick Lace: New plans, Limerick Chronicle 26/08/1997, p14 

• New book on Limerick Lace, Limerick Leader 10/12/2014, p8

• History of Limerick Lace, Limerick Leader 13/12/2014, p1 & 2

• Book and exhibition continue Limerick love affair with lace, Limerick Leader 20/12/2014, p16

• Limerick lace is stitched into the fabric of the city history, Limerick Post 10/01/2015, p38 & 39

• Limerick lace, The Limerick Magazine, November 2015, p18