Song Of Scotland by Music Sales Corporation
Carrickmacross lace was originally inspired by some Italian appliqu ' lace which Mrs Grey Porter, wife of the Rector of Donaghmoyne, a small village northeast of Carrickmacross in County Monaghan, brought back from her continental honeymoon in 1816.Her interest in this lace led to an exploration of the craft with her sewing maid, and by the following decade she had evolved an individual style and established a cottage industry in her home parish, training young women as lacemakers. These in turn spread the craft to other areas in the northern counties of Ireland.
In the 1840s a school of lacemakers was established to create gainful work for women after the Great Famine, but overproduction and economic depression led to a decline in the lace industry. The survival of Carrickmacross lace into the twentieth century is due to the nuns of the St Louis order who established a convent in the town and set up a lace-making class in 1897, which still continues the tradition.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780860011958 |
| ISBN 10 | 086001195X |
| Title | Song Of Scotland |
| Author | Music Sales Corporation |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hal Leonard Europe Limited |
| Year published | 2000-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 77 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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