FROM presidents of the United States to world-renowned actors, Irish Dresden has a long history of creating intricate handcrafted figures but unfortunately the .
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IRISH DRESDEN celebrates its 60th anniversary this year and a year since the passing of its founder Johanna Saar, it s time to cast our minds back to how it all.
Trailblazer founder of Irish Dresden to be laid to rest in Limerick
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Johanna Sarr, pictured front with her three daughters after winning the International Veuve Clicquot Award for Business Women of the Year 1987 );
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THE founder of Irish Dresden Johanna Sarr is to be laid to rest in the county she’s called home for the past 60 years tomorrow.
There is sadness across Limerick at the passing of Ms Sarr who alongside husband Oskar brought Müller Volkstedt over to the county and renamed it Irish Dresden in Dromcollogher.
At its peak, the firm employed between 50 and 60 people handcrafting beautiful porcelain figurines and giftware, which they exported across the globe.