I'll be visiting Ireland this year....is quilting popular there?
 

I'll be visiting Ireland this year and am wondering if there will be quilt shops for me to visit while I'm there...I'd hate to have withdrawal while I'm away. Anyone from Ireland on the board who could direct me to any shops would be appreciated or anyone who has visited and could share...would be helpful to me.

Depending on when you go to Ireland....the first Internation Quilt Festival in Ireland will be June 7-10, 2012
Perhaps you can search the web for information and it might give vendors etc that you could visit if not going in June

Lacelady, a member here, is in Ireland. You could PM her.

absolutely...any country that far north quilts! you should have some great little shops there and in england if you're going south, at all... have fun...

Fabrics are much more expensive. But, yes you'll find shops!

ditto ... we have at least one poster here from Ireland.

Google works to help get this sort of info!

bring fabrics/notions with you to barter with..hehehe
of course not much in Ireland is made there any more...even their Baleek is made in China and the Waterford crystal as well..sigh

there is a celtic quilt magazine that can be downloaded for quilt shops etc--just put in google irish quilt shops / guilds /groupes see what comes up