The recently formed Galway Wool Co-Op will run its second annual wool Meitheal at Athenry Mart on Saturday, July 9, at 9:30a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wool Meitheal is organised by the wool producers who on the day, will draw their purebred registered Galway wool from the four provinces of Ireland, according to co-op founder and secretary, Blatnaid Gallagher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“For this year’s event, they have two buyers eager for their native Irish-grown Galway wool: Donegal Yarns and Woolow Sleep,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Donegal Yarns\u00a0purchased last year’s wool clip and partnered with Rhyme studio, New York, to develop the B\u00e1in\u00edn collection, which recently debuted in Brooklyn, New York City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“With a surging interest in sustainable interiors, the debut of the B\u00e1in\u00edn collection of area rugs and tapestry is just a taster of the endless scope of native Irish-grown Galway wool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
“Such was the success of their sellout of Galway wool, Donegal Yarns is back again this year,” Blatnaid continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The co-op is also thrilled that Ireland’s leading producer of natural fibre home and sleep products Woolow Sleep, has come on board to purchase some of 2022’s wool clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The wool producers’ initiative to restore the route to market for native Irish-grown wool is spurred on by their reluctance to have this beautiful natural biofibre seep into the existing 10 million kg of Irish wool bio-fibre being shipped as waste to Bradford in the UK and then on to a multi billion dollar Asian carpet and rugs manufacturing industry,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The co-op is getting \u20ac2.50\/kg for native Irish-grown Galway wool and the price to the wool producers is up 10% on last year.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n