Seeing Mountmellick embroidery in Ireland

I received an email this morning from someone who regularly holidays in Ireland but has not managed to find any Mountmellick embroidery to see. I offer this reassurance: its not just you – it IS hard to find!

The following are the places that I know of that have Mountmellick embroidery in their collections in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland). You will need to pre-arrange with the curator to see all these collections (except for at the museum in Mountmellick) as their Mountmellick examples are not generally on display.

– The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin
– The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Holywood (outside Belfast)
– The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) library, Dublin
– Mountmellick Development Association Museum, Mountmellick
– An Grianan Adult Education College, Termonfechin

If you do an internet search on each of these places, you should be able to find the details you need to be able to contact them and visit them. We also offer a listing with contact details in our book Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature.

If you can tell me of other places which have collections or displays of Mountmellick embroidery in Ireland (or anywhere else), I’d love to hear!