Lace-making was taught to girls and women in the Carrickmacross area at least 100 years ago, as a means of earning some money for the family. It is still produced in the area as a cottage industry, and there is a Carrickmacross Lace Cooperative which oversees quality, etc. The lace is extremely fine and has been used by a number of well-known designers. Suggest the researcher contact the Carrickmacross Lace Gallery, which is on the main street of Carrickmacross Town, and I believe there is a small lace museum connected. If the people there don't have info on the Martin Lace Factory, they probably would know who does. I don't have the exact address, but a letter addressed to the Carrickmacross Lace Gallery, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, should reach it (or check out the Irish telephone book on the internet, which may have a more-refined address). Get two International Reply Coupons from your local US Post Office ($1.05 each) and send with your letter, explaining the coupons will pay for the return postage to you if taken to the Post Office across the street from the gallery.