394 HISTORY OF LACE. Irish Brussels is made at Clones, Co. Monaghan ; Irish guipure at Carrickmacross, 14 in the same county; and the finest Valen ciennes in the schools of the Countess of Erne, at Lishnakea, Co. Fermanagh. The Irish Valenciennes closely resembles the Ypres 'manufacture.' There is a school at Mallow, Co. Cork, under the superin tendence of the nuns of the convent. Those of the St. George family, at Ileadford, Co. Galway ; of Miss Latouche, at Killmaule, Mrs. Kavanagh, at Borris, Co. Carlow, and others, are so many centres whence the lace manu facture is extending throughout the kingdom. The Irish “ lacet ” is also of great beauty. It is made of flax thread, the ground-work crochet, into which are introduced flowers and patterns filled in with lace stitches of admirable finish. Still a considerable depression exists in the Irish lace trade, caused by the impossibility of competing with inferior and machine- made lace. It is to be regretted that the ladies presiding over the schools do not strike out into a new path, and cause such lace only to be produced as may prove remunerative to the manufacturer. The Irish guipure might be successfully applied to the trim ming of curtains, toilets, and other objects of furniture, for which ladies now purchase “ Greek” and other ‘ torchon ” laces at far more extravagant prices. 14 Atone of the drawing-rooms of this with Carrickmacross point lace.’’—Mom- ycar, a lady’s dress is described as having ing Post, 16th May 1864. the train, corsage, and petticoat “ trimmed