The nuns also were active in facilitating this - not just lacemaking but
they also establsihed woolllen mills & other industries - see Glynn, J
(1894) Irish Convent Industries in 'The New Ireland Review', 1, page 234 I
think.
Lesley Hughes
At 11:34 PM 18/05/2005, you wrote:
>I am interested in resources about girls (ages 6 - 20) in Ireland
>making lace to earn money to get families out of workhouses and/or
>paying passage to emigrate. Girls making lace to help during famine?
> Basic idea is young lacemakers as heroes. Photos, stories, documents.
>
>More basic info about lacemaking in Ireland still welcomed, too.
>
>
>Diane Swanson
>Independent Scholar
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