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This one, Clonony Castle, happens to be owned privately, by an American (or Canadian? I'm not sure) woman and her Irish husband. Her expertise is in restoring centuries-old buildings and they are slowly restoring this castle to its original appearance (built in 1500).
After chatting a while, they asked Becca and Michael where they were from, and Becca mentioned Ohio and Amish Country. The couple then exclaimed, "OH, we just got a catalog from a place in Ohio's Amish Country ... it's a hardware store called Lehman's!"
My sister thought this was very funny - to be standing in a 16th century Irish castle, on her honeymoon, talking to complete strangers about ... Lehman's!
Not long after this, we heard another Irish tale from our Major Product Specialist, Sharon Hershberger:
A husband and wife from Wisconsin were touring Ireland and while there witnessed someone unpacking lamps from a box which had just arrived from the United States. The tourists thought the lamps were beautiful and wondered where they had been purchased.
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Baker's Choice Cookstove[/caption]
The people unpacking the lamps spoke enthusiastically about Lehman's and shared our contact information with the couple. Sometime thereafter Sharon received a call from that same Wisconsin man, who shared the interesting story of discovering Lehman's while traveling overseas. He was interested in a wood cook stove, and after consulting with Sharon purchased the Baker's Choice model.
Proof once again that "word of mouth" is the best advertising in the world.
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