To all Friends of Mountmellick .Embroidery Museum. Welcome again and thank you for joining us on week ten of our Covid Journey. Hoping that you are all staying safe and at this stage planning your post Covid activities, as our restrictions are thank…

A message from our Chairperson. Welcome again all Friends of Mountmellick Embroidery Museum to this our ninth Article on local and Museum History. Again we wish you, your family and friends well and know you are looking forward to meeting up in less…

Needlework Samplers The word ' sampler ' comes from the Latin ' exemplum ', meaning example. Many think of samplers as decorative items, however their original purpose was practical - used to learn and record stitches and patterns. Commonly cotton a…

A message from our Chairperson. Greetings again all Friends of Mountmellick Embroidery Museum and welcome to another Article relevant to our local Museum and History. We hope that wherever you are reading this that you, your family and friends are s…

Friends of Mountmellick Embroidery Museum, Welcome to week five in our ongoing series of articles on aspects of our local history which have attracted many views. These articles all written by members of our Museum Committee will continue to be publ…

o all of our Mountmellick Embroidery Museum Friends.We hope that this finds you, your family and friends safe and well .. We are all in this together.Continuing our series of articles with links to our Museum and our rich historical past - in last w…

The story of Joseph Beale (1801-1857) Article by Bridie Dunne The first Quaker to arrive in Mountmellick was William Edmundson who settled in Rosenallis near Mountmellick in 1659. He was accompanied by a group of young Quakers from the North, includ…

The Holiday World Show took its place this weekend in the RDS and Laois Tourism was there telling everyone what a fantastic place Laois is for a holiday. Thanks to Ann Dowling and Marie Walsh (it was Marie who took the photos) for representing the M…

Winner under the 18 category in the Mountmellick Embroidery Competition This is Jessica Gill and her piece of Mountmellick Embroidery called "Peace Dove" which won the under 18 category in the 2019 Mountmellick Embroidery Competition. Jessica is doi…

Laois Community & Voluntary Awards Arts, Culture and Heritage Award Category Delighted to have won the Culture & Heritage Category at the Laois Community & Voluntary Awards on Friday night. A huge thank you to the organisers and judges for granting …