Good to hear from Kate in Uganda and to see the uptake in the sponsored cards for the walk on Sunday August 15. Wonder what it will clash with ?. This Sunday there is the very big Tullamore Show taking place in Charleville Castle grounds and if you are going there you might like to visit a model aircraft display on their airfield near Boora. Remember some years back when the idea was first mooted that Sam Mc Morris was selling what we thought were shares for an airfield without the model bit.
A popular Scottish worker on the site for the new power plant known to everyone around as Willie took a holiday in Glasgow (Celtic) recently and on his return he was informed that his work had finished and he was asked to report to work at a factory in Clondalkin on Monday.
Wishing him well.
Tony Vahey has returned after a three week holiday in America where he has seven first cousins who took him all over the place. Says he had a wonderful time and his daughter got engaged while he was there.
Yesterday a party of American visitors from Whittier, California stopped of for a visit. Going under the name Park there was Ernie, Kathleen, Rachel, Erik and Vanessa and they were visiting Ireland for the first time. Having seen Dublin Newgrange Giants Causeway Derry Clonmacnois they were heading for Cork today and then back to Dublin. All in seven days. They brought greetings from Eamon and Toni Killeen who are friends and neighbours of the Park family. Seemed a bit queesy about the prospect of kissing The Blarney Stone today and were comparing it with the smoothness of Saint Peter;s knee in Rome which has been rubbed by so many visitors over the years. They were in fear of what had built up on The Blarney Stone with all that kissing. Next trip they say they will not bite off quite so much.