Next time you dine in The Fort Restaurant in Shannonbridge sit back and try to imagine the Sunday night about seventy years ago when a crowd had gathered for the Sunday night dance in Morans Hall as the Fort was called then, and the band consisting of Peter Guinan, Joe Mahon and ? Dooley decided they were not playing that night and went off drinking. Frank Moran solved the problem by asking one of the crowd Pat Gleeson from The Gables if he would provide the music. Pat got his fiddle and proceeded to play for five hours while the crowd danced the night away. Dancing at that time started at 10 pm and ended at 3 am. The admittance charge was 4P and Pat Gleeson earned five shillings or 60 P for his fiddling. Nowadays the Fort has been converted into a popular top class restaurant with Fergal and Linda Moran in charge. See their link on this website.
Great winning picture in this months Inland Waterways News titled "Double Parking" which shows a small cruiser moored alongside a quay wall. On second look you will see a wide old sunken boat lying underneath. The photo by Seamus Costelloe won the champagne dinner for two in the Wineport Lodge in Glasson.
Brendan Mc Williams who writes The Weather Eye on the Irish Independent gives a rhyme to help remember the order of the planets starting nearest the sun. Mary's Violet Eyes Make John Sit Up Nights. The first letters represent Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
The Green Linnet cab service Tel 086 - 1514346 which has been operating in the parish has company with the arrival of Dickies Cabs Tel 087 - 9195216. Wish them well.