Hi Diane,
I have been working on a bibliography on Irish homework and outwork, which
includes works on the lace trade. I would be happy to send you a copy. Also,
you may find Elizabeth Boyle's book "The Irish Flowerers" (Belfast, 1971)
helpful.
Cheers,
Kevin James
Department of History
University of Guelph
Myrtle Hill wrote:
> Vivienne Pollock and I used a photograph from the Ulster Museum of a School
> for lacemaking etc. set up by the Congested Districts Board for young girls
> in Donegal c1900.
> in Image and Experience: Photographs of Irishwomen c1880-1920, p. 117
> Myrtle Hill
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> From: "Aoife Bhreatnach" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Irish girls making lace
>
> > 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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