ICA news: From Drombanna to Scotland to Rose of Tralee stage

Ever since she can remember, ICA has been a household word for Limerick girl Bríd Madigan, who represented Scotland in this year’s Rose of Tralee.

Bríd’s mum, Anne, has been a member of Drombanna ICA since 1973, just a year after the 21-member guild was founded. And many of Anne’s ICA colleagues travelled to Tralee to support Bríd.

“Breda Flood, who’s contests secretary with the guild and big into craft, altered five or six of my dresses for the Rose,” says Bríd, adding that ICA means her mum — a former Drombanna Guild president — has a better social life than Brid does.