Forgot to mention some other items about the Isle of Man. Gob ny geay means the mouth or beak of the wind which is very similar to the Irish, says I ? Seems a rough Irish translation would be gub na gaoite. They have a beer on the island called OKELLS which was tested out by Brian and Niall Grenham who gave it a very good rating. £1.90 a pint. In summer their famous steam trains are running and we saw their tracks in many locations.
Heard that Lisa Kelly has arrived home from India after a year touring the world. We missed out on not having her write an odd piece as she went along.
Funeral weekend with Joe Dunican being buried in Moore today. Yesterday Ann Hynes, Belmont wife of Sean Hynes was laid to rest. The death has occured of May Kenny, native of Clonburren who was the eldest of the Kenny family that included the late Michael, Paddy and Bina (nee Quinn). May they rest in peace.
Am thankful for a list of solutions sent on by Lorraine Mc Kenna. I now know how to fix fleas, itch, funny nails, arthritis, grease removal and about three dozen other solutions. Will post a copy of them all for you to see in the library on Thursday night 7 to 9 pm.
Sounded like summer had returned yesterday afternoon hearing Paudge Bennett playing his special type of music for a few hours. Paudge was the entertainment at a surprize birthday party for Tom Mc Evoy from Clonascra for his 70th. Many family and friends and members of the Active Retirement Group came along to wish him well on the occassion. Special guests for Toms Party were his son Des and his wife and child who had travelled from San Francisco.
Good to hear that The Santa Train is back on track again this year and you can travel by train and visit Santa's Festive Station and the children get a present. Running the weekend of December 10th, 11th and 12th 2004 from 4.30 pm on the Clonmacnois and West Offaly Railway.
Tel 090 9674450. e-mail : bograil@bnm.ie
Took a hadcold to bed for the day on Saturday and got a message that there was a man in the bar asking for me. Afterwards I found out it was Paul Kerrigan who has written volumes on Martello Fortifications and had I known I would have made the effort to see and thank him for the outline of the Shannonbridge Fortification which he kindly posted to me recently. Apologies.
Mild weather continues again today with sunshine and temperatures in the mid 50 F.
Newsletter this week has notice of a Station Mass on Friday in Louis and Maraid Darcy's home. It also has a contribution from Rev Martin Tierney on The School and Religion which is worth reading by parents especially.