Carrick celebrates 50 years
The competition was for a guild event and Phil Coffey, president of Carrick-on-Suir ICA, decided to base the entry around their gala dinner held in October 2010 in celebration of the ICA centenary.
Among the 100 guests were the daughters of deceased members who came to represent their mothers. “They came from Dublin, Kilkenny, Wexford, Limerick. One lady came from England and brought her own daughter with her. Once I put the ad in the newspaper, the calls came – ‘Can I come?’ ‘Can I bring another sister?’,” recalls Phil.
