Aisling Egan, husband Adeeb Hanna and children Jacob and Aedan said goodbye
yesterday after three weeks holiday spent with Aisling's mother Margaret in Athlone.
It was great to see them and an added bonus to see Margaret many times
during their stay. Margaret is planning on visiting them for Christmas in New York.
Two welcome and unusual visitors glided into Shannonbridge yesterday.
Paddy Stanley from Clontarf and Brendan Bleheen from Raheny undertook to travel
by canoe from Bull Island in Dublin and across Dublin Bay and down the canal to
Shannonharbour on their way to Ardncrusha Power station at the mouth of
the Shannon. Shannonbidge came onto their map because Brendan is a nephew
of Maureen THornhill and she was trying to go to visit Ballinasloe and maybe
Clonmacnoise. Yesterday was their sixth day on the route.