Deirdre Mulvihill and Aisling O'Brien visited Shannonbridge last weekend and write of their experience.
it is with great pleasure that we write to you to tell you about our
wonderful time spent in your charming town that is shannonbridge. we
spent last weekend having the craic with all the locals, young, old and
everything in between!! it was of pure coincidence that we stumbled
across this wonderful place as we befriended two of shannonbridge's
finest citizens down in i.t. carlow. they are of course
josephine (josie) egan and david corbett (teeny bopper). everyone says
that first impressions always count and what a great impression we got
at Luker's, where john joe o'brien not only served up great alcohol in
the latter part of saturday night but also freshly brewed coffee on
sunday morning. our next port of call was the bog oak where josie works.
here we put more money back into the community through the wonderful gaa
officer, frank (did we win the lotto by any chance!??). we ended a
wonderful night in a legend of a pub the likes never seen in keryy or
limerick and you know where we are talking about dermot it is the wonder
pub/shop/living room/you want it we got it KILLEENS!! here not only were
we served thirst quenching drinks but appetising offaly cocktail sausages!!
of course we cant leave without mentioning that beautiful 16 arch bridge
that dave never shuts up about and the wonderful breathtaking landscape
abundent in natural beauty such as bogs and trees and rivers.
neither i, deirdre mulvihill and my friend asiling o'brien have ever met
and never will meet nicer people than the shannonbridgers and you can
count on us to shout úIBH FHáLLí úIBH FHáLLí on the hill in croke
park to when ye reach an all-ireland final or club all-ireland final!!
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
Dee and Ash