Shannonbridge Active Retirement Group are up and away again today after Mass and heading for Connemara.There was a good response and it looks like another full busload. Last night two fishermen from Leeds were wondering if there would be room for them. More anon.
Local angler Gerry Casey and his friend John Gleeson from Tipperary went for a lookabout on a boat on Sunday and found a shoal of rudd which they fished for two hours and caught 40 fish with several rudd weighing 24 ounces and were in prime condition. Location secret.
The two Leeds boys Ron Martin and Geoff Thornton are enjoying catching lots of medium size roach and skimmers and have caught seven bream while fishing in 20 feet of water on the bottom using feeder and caster. Have fished six days on the same swims on the River Suck.
The big hotel boat overnighted in Shannonbridge last night and four of the passengers from Phiadelphia, Steve and Sandy Rossi, Jen Sampson and Janet Niethamer were delighted to hear about Kate in Uganda and sponsored Moby for the walk on August 15. They say it is a great holiday and they spend five days on the Shannon and two days in Dublin.
Missed seeing the famous Irish pianist John O Connor who was holidaying on the river and taking a break from the piano despite a lot of pleading. Good to hear Pat playing the organ and the choir singing on Sunday.
Met a nephew of Father Pete Kenny L.A and Moore who is on holiday in Shannonbridge and using the Cregg House. He was proud to tell me that he was the first baby that Father Pete baptized.
After the thunder on Monday there was a fairly constant dose of rain yesterday but it has cleared off this morning for the Connemara Bus outing.