Leitrim Women Through Time

15/08/2026

15/08/2026

A great day at the Drumkeerin Old Fair Day today, loads to see and do. If you're visiting Drumkerrin today pop in and see our 'Voices from the Factory Floor' Exhibition on display in the Court House

WCI - North Leitrim Women's Centre Scéal Heritage Consultancy Heritage Week Leitrim County Library Leitrim County Council Women's Collective Ireland

15/08/2026

12/08/2026

Leitrim Women Through Time – Voices from the Factory Floor

We are delighted that our new Exhibition, ‘Voices from the Factory Floor’, launched at the end of 2025, Voices from the Factory Floor, will be on display and available to visit at the Drumkeerin Old Fair Day taking place this Saturday the 15th of August. The Exhibition will be in the Drumkeerin Court House from 12.00 Midday this Saturday.

The exhibition which featured in RTE’s Nationwide’s International Women’s Day Special in March this year, tells the stories and experience’s of women working in industry & factories across Leitrim between the period of 1930 – 2000. A time when the many factories across the county were reliant on female workforces. The exhibition displays photos, information, and first-hand accounts from the women factory workers, and an accompanying film shares oral history memories from the former workers.

Leitrim Women Through Time is a collaborative heritage project creative by the WCI - North Leitrim Women's Centre and Scéal Heritage Consultancy . The project was established in 2022 and sets out to explore and share the stories and the memories of the everyday lives of women in County Leitrim over the last 200 years. A unique women's history/heritage initiative which records and celebrates the stories of everyday rural women often neglected by history

Leitrim County Council Leitrim County Library Heritage Week

02/06/2026

Would you like to join Rebecca & the Bundoran Community Centre for a new Wool Spinning Club?
We are running 2 free tasters in June.
Wednesday 10th of June at 10am - 12pm
If you can't make that class we will be hosting another one on Monday 15th June at 6.30pm.

Discover Bundoran

21/05/2026

Very sad to learn of the sudden passing of Maureen Kelleher - Maureen was part of the 2025 phase of our project, where we recorded the experiences of women working in Leitrim factories in the recent past. Maureen had been the secretary at Ballinamore Textiles, and she shared her memories from that time with us, which were also digitally recorded as part of the project archive.

From secretly using the the factory sewing machines to sew her wedding dress (and getting caught by the boss!), being brought around Ballinamore on the back of a trailer by other factory workers to celebrate her leaving to get married, to being asked some shocking questions in her recruitment interview - Maureen was warm, entertaining, and very generous with her time with us when we recorded her memories. We were very grateful to her for being such a great addition to our project, and for allowing us to record her experiences, which told us so much about women's working lives in Leitrim. Our deepest sympathies go out to all of her family and her friends.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

https://rip.ie/death-notice/condolences/630074?page=1&records=60&sortFields=a.createdAt&sortDirection=DESC

14/05/2026

We were very sad today to hear of the passing of Mary Fox (née Lee), who had recently celebrated her 101st birthday. Mary had engaged with our project and with WCI - North Leitrim Women's Centre on a number of occasions, and had particularly shared her experiences of working in the Western Button Factory in Manorhamilton during its heyday. She was a warm and lovely woman with important stories and contributions to share, and over the years spoke to many researchers and local historians to give insight into local women's lives. We are privileged to have had the chance to share in her stories and experiences. Our deepest sympathies go out to all of her family and her many friends.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

https://rip.ie/death-notice/mary-fox-leitrim-manorhamilton-630618

07/05/2026

06/05/2026

A campaign has seen an outpouring of support from individuals, knitting groups, and community organisations, all contributing their time and talent to craft hats, scarves, mittens, and small toys.

06/05/2026

A lovely clip on lace making - Clones lace was the lace type mostly made in Leitrim, but Carrickmacross lace was also a style created in the county.