Beth Moran sits at her spinning wheel in the middle of Tone Street, suitably attired in white lace, her long hair pinned back in plaits. She left her home on Clare Island at 7.15am to make it to ...

The village, which has seen its profile boosted by appearances on The Voice of Ireland and Operation Transformation, has now seen the launch of Irish traditional nights at The Spinning Wheel Pub ...

I started off with three sheep, bought a spinning wheel and taught myself how to spin ... I opened my studio and shop under Irish Fibre Crafters, which supports other craftspeople too.

My research into Irish folklore and traditional women ... overexert themselves by sitting up too late at night at the spinning wheel. “Once upon a time there lived an old woman who used ...

Ninety five years ago, 'The Spinning Wheel', one of the most brilliant ballads in the language, appeared posthumously in The Anthology of Irish Verse. The poem was written by John Francis Waller ...

Today, we’re exploring Irish spinning and weaving. We met the with the Northeast Iowa Weavers and Spinners. The organization is made up of about 70 men, women and children in the Cedar Valley.

Wheels are used for transport, spinning thread, generating electricity, grinding, mechanical systems like clockwork, navigation - and even deciding fortunes. It is difficult to attribute the ...