Youghal
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A short article on Youghal lace, an Irish needle-point lace worked stitch by stitch without a foundation. It recounts how Mother Margaret Smyth of the Presentation Convent, Co. Cork, began the industry in the famine year of 1847 by unravelling a scrap of old Italian lace to learn its construction. It also describes how the workers invented new stitches, the durability of the lace, and its value as livelihood for local women and girls.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1903
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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