I was recently given some lovely lace handkerchiefs from my grandmother. Several of them have a gold sticker on them that proclaims "Genuine Irish Lace Made In China." How can it be "Genuine Irish ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's big day is this Saturday! It's almost time for the big reveal but will the Irish American TV star turned royalty be wearing Irish lace? An intricate Irish lace pattern ...

Anyone who doubts that art can change the world should visit the Irish crochet lace show that just opened at the new Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles in Berkeley. The first thing you’ll notice is the ...

For something so beautiful and delicate as lace, some of the stitches synonomous with Irish lace have very robust names For something so beautiful and delicate as lace, some of the stitches synonomous ...

Analysis: the exquisite handiwork of Borris Lacemakers is helping to revive the traditional craft of Irish lacemaking in Co Carlow She founded Borris Lace in response to the economic hardship being ...

In a first for an independent Irish designer, Roisin Pierce made her debut on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar today, her location the theatre of the American Church on the Quai D’Orsay. Her ...

What do royal weddings and graffiti have in common? Both are using Irish lace as templates, writes architect Roisin Murphy Kate Middleton used Carrickmacross lace techniques in the delicate flowers on ...

Analysis: The Co Galway town was a big player in Irish lacemaking and a new community initiative is reviving that craft for the future Irish lace was a highly sought after luxury commodity, used to ...

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