Clare Museum | Músaem an Chláir

This is one of a number of items in a collection of needlework on cotton and linen by Annie O’Dwyer (nee Killeen, of Moleskey) who lived between 1888-1979, of Annagh House, Miltown Malbay. It was donated to the collection by her daughter Mary Coughlan (nee O’Dwyer) and family, Lahinch, with the assistance of her daughter Ann Coughlan.

This accessory cloth was used in two ways. It was sometimes used as a table accessory. Mary also remembers it being used to accessorise a tray during the hosting of afternoon tea events. This tray had silver handles and Annie would use it to transport the food she had prepared from the kitchen to the table.