Tara closes framing service
Kilcullen is losing another business with Friday's closure of Picture Framing Services, writes Brian Byrne.
Popular proprietor Tara Gale has taken a job with Dell, and spent much of the last week dealing with the remaining projects for her customers (in between bouts of celebration and commiseration with her many friends).
"I've had great times here and some fantastic friendships have developed through this business," she said during the week, thanking everybody who had supported her.
Tara was one of the key local business figures behind last year's very successful Kilcullen River Festival.
The picture framing business was formerly operated by her artist father Dermott Gale, first in the premises beside Bank of Ireland (later Ruby Shoes) and afterwards in Kilcullen's industrial park.
When Tara took over in 2008 she moved it to a more visible premises on the Curragh Road.
Among the many framing projects she undertook was a major Yeats art and prints exhibition in Lissadel House in August of last year.
We wish her all the best in her new direction.
