Colin Wollaston a yearly visiting angler from Willenhall arrived on Monday and was
very pleased to catch 25 pounds of hybrids ( cross bred ) in about 90 minutes.
Yesterday it took him almost all day to catch the same amount.
Was in Clonmacnois on Monday for a walkaround with Father Frank Gaffney
from Arigna and home on holiday from New Jersey. It was a lovely evening and
he was accompanied by his sister and brother in law. All were making their first
visit. Last night I met a teacher from America who is doing a cycling trip around
Ireland visiting old monasteries. He was enquiring the way to Rahan but had never
heard of Clonmacnois, Clonfert, Clontuskert or even Teampaill. After a chat we
rerouted him and he will even visit the Nunnery today.
In Clonmacnois they had a supply of Heritage Week ( 7 to 14 Sept ) event books
on a county basis. Apart from Clonmacnois Offaly has a look at Bat ecology in Birr,
lecture and display on The Book of Birr and "Water as a Heritage" in Banagher on
Tuesday 9th. See their website www.heritageireland.ie