Spinning & Weaving

Spinning & Weaving 

A History & Heritage Walk n’ Talk with Community Historian Brendan Matthews.

Step back into the lost world of Drogheda’s once-thriving weaving district on this fascinating guided History and Heritage Walk n’ Talk with Community Historian Brendan Matthews.

Beginning at Laurence’s the walk explores the historic streets of Cord Lane, Oulster Lane and the surrounding neighbourhoods, where generations of 18th-century hand-loom weavers lived and worked.

Discover the stories behind this forgotten industrial community as you learn about:

• The lives, skills and hardships of Drogheda’s weaving families 

• The cramped conditions and recorded descriptions of their humble homes

• An expanding town and the arrival of the machine age, which transformed the textile industry

• The gradual decline of hand-loom weaving and the end of an important chapter in Drogheda’s industrial heritage.

Join us as we uncover the people, places and events that shaped one of the town’s most significant, and often overlooked, industries.

The tour takes in Scarlet Street, ‘Sandiford’s Alley’ and the old Crawleys Court in a ‘living history’ experience.