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family · Tuesday 18 August 2026 · 11:00 AM 
Beginners Irish Crochet Lace Workshop for Teens, Celbridge Library
At Celbridge Library · St Patrick's Park, Celbridge, Co. Kildare W23 VA47
At Celbridge Library · St Patrick's Park, Celbridge, Co. Kildare W23 VA47
Celbridge Library hosts a beginners Irish crochet lace workshop aimed squarely at teenagers on Tuesday 18 August 2026, running from 11am to 12.30pm as part of National Heritage Week. The session is led by lace instructor Christina Kearney, who takes participants through the background of Irish crochet lace before putting hooks in hands.
The historical hook here is a good one. Irish crochet lace was genuinely revolutionary in the 1800s because it was the first three-dimensional crochet, worked in raised motifs rather than flat. Over the ninety minutes, participants make the most famous of those motifs, the Irish rose. No prior crochet experience is assumed, which is the point of a beginners class, and the workshop is free to attend. Kildare Library Service runs a cluster of craft and heritage sessions across its branches during Heritage Week, and this is one of two lace workshops at Celbridge, the other being a children’s session on Limerick lace the following morning.
Celbridge Library is on St Patrick’s Park, a short walk from Celbridge Main Street and the Castletown House gates. Celbridge is off the R403, roughly 5km from the M4 at junction 6 (Celbridge and Maynooth) and about 20 minutes from Naas by road. There is parking around the library and in the town centre. Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus routes serve Celbridge from Dublin city and from Maynooth, and the nearest rail stations are Hazelhatch and Celbridge on the Kildare line, about 3km south of the town, and Maynooth on the Sligo line.
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