Met Ellen Hoffmann and Wilfred Brandt last evening who are having a three weeks cruise on the Shannon and finishing up with one week in Connemara in a village between Clifden and Kylemore.They had their first trip on the Shannon in 1987 and have spent a total of six months cruising here since. They have their favourite mooring places along the way and last night they overnighted in Clonmacnois which is one of their favourites.Today they are paying their first trip to Ballinasloe.They have two bicycles on hire and cycled from Clonmacnois.They mentioned Harry Rowalt who lectures on Flann O Brian in Germany and came here many years ago to discover At Swim Two Birds which is known around here as Devenish Island or Keena's Island.Flann O Brian wrote a master Irish fable about two swans at this island which he named At Swim Two Birds.