craft centres dublin

Traditional Irish knitting stitches mirror life in the West of Ireland, a land where deep religious faith gives meaning to a life which is always hard and often dangerous. These stitches originated on the Atlantic swept Aran Islands off the coast of Connemara....

For forty years the Project Arts Centre has preserved the best in contemporary Irish and International , dance,music and visual arts in the heart of Dublin's Temple Bar.

It exists in order to encourage emerging and established artists in creating innovative work . The Project Arts Centre was at the centre of the early careers of U2, Jim Sheriday and Neil Jordan....

Launched in 1995, the Green Island range of natural, unbleached, cotton garments with its cardboard and twine packaging, has successfully mirrored the environmental issues of today....

Firbolgs pieces are colourful humourous and particularly Irish in essence. Celtic character simply flows from the laughing golfers, to the groaning rugby players through to the ceol agus craic of the rowdy musicians....

Duck Lane, which was once a historic laneway, is now a vibrant, new, major shopping area, located in the heart of Smithfield Village. It has been redeveloped to provide a showcase of Ireland's top clothing, crafts and homeware producers together with an exciting range of international products. Here you'll find the best of Irish and international crafts and gifts: clothing and jewellery, cds, colourful pottery, gleaming crystal, books and food.
Duck Lane is a vibrant, modern and even qui...

Running from Henry Street to Parnell Street is Moore Street, famous for its colourful street traders with their fruit and vegetable stalls. Their street cries and banter are pitched in a particularly broad Dublin accent which is widely celebrated. Up to ninety casual traders sell their wares from numbered pitches. Most are women, many of them mothers and daughters, and the friendly, but often sharp, verbal exchanges with other traders or customers (perhaps you) are part of Moore Street's...

L'aura (Ireland) Ltd. is a young Irish Company headed by Pauline Gallagher, B.Sc. (Hons), a cosmetic chemist and member of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists. L'aura (Ireland) Ltd. was the winner of the 1993 Bolton Trust First Step To Business Competition for new business ideas and is now active in product development, manufacturing and consultancy....

All products are hand-thrown stoneware, durable and chip-resistant and will give many years of use. You will find a unique range of Tableware, Candle-holders, Lamps, Bowls, Jugs and vases in beautiful turqoise and sea blue colours. Qualification : BA in Ceramics MA in Ceramic Design Master Potter Products: Tableware Kitchware Lamps Fountains Burners Technique All of the pieces are individually Handmade on a potters wheel. They are fired in a gas kilm at 1280 de...

When you visit us at Dublin Woollen Mills, beside the famous Ha'penny bridge, you will find a superb range of fashionable and traditional sweaters, knitwear and accessories. The warmth and quality of our sweaters, kilts, hats, shawls and scarves is rivalled only by our staff's renowned friendly service and attention to your needs....

Joan Millar has been in the knitwear business since 1982. She runs her own knitwear company producing each year two specialist Collections of ladies knitwear, where attention to detail emphasises her commitment to quality and design....