Carrickmacross Lace has hit the fashion headlines across the world today. With the relevation that Kate Middleton’s wedding dress pattern was fashioned from it:
The stunning lace pattern on the bride’s ensemble is known as the Irish Carrickmacross, an ornate appliqué form of hand-made lace that was made for her using a combination French Chantilly lace and English Cluny lace. Carrickmacross lace is an Irish embroidery tradition that dates to 1820.
Quote take from Vanity Fair
Carrickmacross Lace is still produced in Carrickmacross and available through the co-op’s website at www.carrickmacrosslace.ie
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Every year Enterprise Boards around the country hold county finals for enterprise student awards. Students from 3 different age brackets take part in an exhibition to display their mini company or student enterprise idea. These are then judged by a panel of judges and one from each category is sent forward to the national awards. This year was a first for a national award for County Louth when Awe Wish took first place in the Junior category at national level see LCEB news. So well done to all who took part, Peggy McGlynn for all her organising with schools in Louth and to my fellow judges at this year’s county level!
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I recently lost my iphone, I’ve lost it many times before but usually under the seat of the car, down the side of the sofa or in a coat pocket. This time however I had really lost it, I had tried to triangulate it and looked up all the options for potentially tracking it via GPS, blue tooth and wireless signal all to no avail. So after two days of sporadic searching and somewhat frustrated I give up and ordered a new one. And then today I decided I’d try the garda station, and there it was shattered screen and all – I had already broken it three times to date but thankfully hadn’t repaired it.
So I’d just like to say… thanks to the person who handed it, it reinforced my opinion that most people are inherently decent and good, back up your phone information because most of them now contain more than just contacts, consider using tracking devices such as http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/find-my-iphone.html, and it is possible to live without a mobile (I don’t know for how long though & apologies to anyone who thought I was ignoring their text & calls!)
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