Ros Tapestry Exhibition Centre

Over het museum

The Ros Tapestry grew out of an idea of Rev. Paul Mooney, who arrived at St Mary's Church in New Ross in 1998 and was inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry. The project set out to tell the story of the Norman arrival in south-east Ireland in the twelfth century, including the founding of New Ross by William Marshal and Isabel de Clare.

Ann Griffin Bernstorff painted the cartoons, and Alexis Bernstorff trained the stitchers. More than 150 volunteers, working at home and in local venues, embroidered fifteen panels, each about six feet by four and a half feet, in wool on Jacobean linen twill. The first panel was finished in 2002, and the series is described as one of the largest sets of embroidered tapestries in Europe.

The panels proved too large for the church, so an exhibition centre opened on the quay in New Ross, directly opposite the Dunbrody Famine Ship. During the Covid lockdown the tapestries moved to Kilkenny Castle, and they have since returned to New Ross. Fourteen panels are finished and the last one is still being completed.

Hoogtepunten

• Fifteen hand-embroidered panels telling the Norman story of south-east Ireland
• Made by more than 150 volunteer stitchers over many years
• Woollen thread on Jacobean linen twill
• Located opposite the Dunbrody Famine Ship on the quay

Vaste collectie

• The Ros Tapestry – Fifteen large embroidered panels depicting the Norman arrival in south-east Ireland, from the initiation of a Celtic king to the cultural legacy of Leinster.

Opgericht

2009

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The exhibition centre is on the Waterfront at The Quay, directly opposite the Dunbrody Famine Ship Experience.

Service & horeca

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