SISTER Madeleine with members of Headford Lace Project last year at a lace gathering at Kylemore Abbey, where Sr Madeleine was living at the time. Pictured are Sr. Madeleine Cleverly, Norma Owens, Marina Postir, Ger Henry Hassett, Colette Kelly, Anne O'Hara Quinn, Eilís Nic Dhonncha, Gráinne Ní Bhro

A nun's story in lace

By Mary Ryan