Got an interesting website yesterday which shows a mountain on the South Pole named after one of the best doctors I have met Sid Tolchin from San Diego. The mountain was named for Sid Tolchin after he led the International Geophysical Year Expedition to the South Pole in 1958-59. They maintained the South Pole Station for 14 months. Have a look at the mountain under www.lpi.usra.edu/research/amlamp/til-pat/pat/ansmet25/fig87.jpg
And last night another San Diego resident stopped off in Shannonbridge returning from the Galway Races - Nicholas Clavin in a party of Clavins. Nick Clavin was one of the heroes of the Offaly All Ireland winning Football teams in the 1960's.
Four Lithuanians on a cruiser holiday were celebrating their soccer victory last evening over Longford Town 3 - 2. They are spending one week on the Shannon and the following week they are hiring a car to tour the South West.