About fifty cars took part in a Vintage Rally at the weekend. On Saturday they visited Athlone, Knockcrockery,Roscommon and the Old Abbey with lunch in The Abbey Hotel.They returned to Athlone on the other side of Lough Ree stopping at Lanesboro and Glasson. They had a dinner dance in Athlone on Saturday night. Sunday morning they visited Clonmacnois and had lunch in The Fort Restaurant. Everybody that participated was presented with a special gift by Shannonbridge Potteries. Local Councilor Constance Hanniffy was involved in organizing the weekend.
The talk of the week was the visit the Barge 45M which was once a commercial barge on the Shannon and canals and was sunk at Parkers Point on Lough Derg in 1946 and the crew of three men were drowned. David Coote has owned it for about 30 years and it boasts a Bollinger engine which is quite noisy when started. Rachel Leech was visiting Shannonbridge by water at the weekend and was telling us that her first rememberance of Shannonbridge was when she was left behind in Killeens Pub by her parents Joe and Lolo.Lolo was celebrating her birthday at the weekend on their 100 year old barge The Ebennaezer which has a website www.ebennaezer.net
Which Rachel asked to be added to our Links.
Good news from Mike Cunney, da nephew, on Saturday. Mike and Clare have got engaged.