The corncrake people at Crank House Banagher Tel 0509 51676 say that 17 male
corncrakes have been identified on The Callows between Athlone and Meelick.
Two of these are in Borrana callow immediately south of Shannonbridge village,
two more are across the river from them in Clonfert callow and there is one more in
Cappaleitra callow two mile north of Shannonbridge.Give them a call if you hear
them calling.Listen to the sound they make hear on this website.
Hope this keeps Lorraine in Pottstown happy and up to date.
See that Nelson Mandela has arrived in Ireland for the Special Olympics and will
be honoured by Galway Univercity whil he is here.
Yesterday's paper told of 700 million Euro recovered from offshore accounts
by the Irish Revenue people in 2002.