In this film, Ulster Television’s Charlie Witherspoon visits the town of Crossmaglen in Co Armagh to look in on the craft of lace-making. The local speciality was Crossmaglen lace, a form of ornate, hand-stitched lace with its origins in Italy. The film shows how the skills required for the craft had been put on the curriculum for Crossmaglen Technical School and Witherspoon talks to both the principle and teacher of the class, Mary McMahon.. Inside the school, he watches a class of eighteen girls engaged in learning the skills and he speaks to them afterwards about whether a reasonable wage is possible from producing lace products.

An Ulster Television Production.

• Broadcasting Authority Ireland