Tribute To Offaly Shoe Factory Being Launched This Week

The local community has been putting together three projects.

A tribute to the old shoe factory is being launched in the midlands this week.

It involves a series of projects by community arts group, Creative Edenderry, to celebrate a trade that sustained the town for over 50 years.

A new photographic mural on the facade old Tesco building will be unveiled on Tuesday 16th, along with a glass sculpture in the library, and the launch of a book with stories and memories from the old days of the factory live on Facebook on Friday at 8pm.

Veronica Nicholson from Creative Edenderry says they're delighted with the response they received:

 

Michelle O’Donnell of Glasshammer Studios designed this beautifully crafted glass sculpture titled "The Red Shoes" for...

Posted by Creative Edenderry on Saturday, 13 March 2021

 

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