In Charles P Crane's memoir of his time as an RM just before
independence, he talks about lace-making in Donegal.
Interesting because he contends that cash was not earned for
lace and that middle men were exploiting women by offering
payment in kind.
Don't know if that helps!
Aoife
> 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
Dr Aoife Bhreatnach
IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Modern History
NUI Maynooth
Co Kildare
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