Carrickmacross / Carhaix Town Twinning
At a public meeting called by Carrickmacross Urban District Council in the Holy Family Hall in April 1993 a motion was passed to set up a six-person committee to seek a suitable twin town for Carrickmacross. Pádraig Breathnach, Cooleremoney, Noel Hand, Ardross Avenue, Breda Moroney-Ward, Ballybay Road, Michael Mc Mahon, Derryolam, Francie O' Donoghue, Magheross and Róisín Smyth c/o Saint Louis Secondary School were elected to do the job and report back by April 1994.
The six committee members donated £10 (punts) each to a start up fund. Requests for patrons brought a generous financial response from: Bank of Ireland, Birdy Newsagents, Capaldi Office Supplies, Carrick Travel, Conagra Ltd (proprietor Michael Mc Evoy) Nuremore Hotel. Shirley Arms Hotel, Inver College, Patrician High School, Saint Louis Secondary School and Valley Lodge Pub (proprietor Eamonn Traynor).
With resource material from Carrickmacross Tourist Association, Monaghan Tourist Association, Carrickmacross Tidy Towns Committee, The Arts Festival Organisers, The Kavanagh Yearly Committee, and Carrickmacross Lace Co-op information packs about Carrickmacross, which included photographs and text in the French Language, were prepared. The packs were sent to six towns in Northern France selected from a data base of French Towns looking for an Irish twin town provided by Seán O Riordán from the Institute of Public Administration, Landsdowne Road, Dublin. Positive replies were received from all six, four of which looked particularly promising. After further research, in which Kevin Thorpe, Chairman of Rush, Co. Dublin Twinning Committee encouraged the Twinning Committee, it was decided that Carhaix was the best match for Carrickmacross. (Rush is twinned with Gourin which is not far from Carhaix. Kevin had been to Carhaix a few times and knew Carrickmacross).
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