Knitting and Stitching Show features Bloody Sunday

The Knitting and Stitching Show in the RDS from November 1st to 4th sounds like an unlikely place to find Labour History but it features a Double Panel from the 1913 Lockout Tapestry Project that will be officially launched by the President, Michael D Higgins, in Liberty Hall at 2.30pm next Tuesday (November 6th).

The Tapestry, which is being designed by artists Cathy Henderson and Robert Ballagh, is being produced by Volunteers from a wide range of community groups, trade unionist activists, the arts and crafts sector, schools and the inmates of Limerick Prison. The emphasis is on participation in reclaiming and understanding the past rather than accepting traditional orthodoxies. More Volunteers always welcome. We operate out of Tara House in Tara Street, Dublin, (beside Tara Street Dart station). Contact padraigyeates@gmail.com or brendanbeard@eircom.net for more information.

Section of Panel