Brendan Mc Williams in his Weather Eye column in The Irish Times yesterday told us that the lichen found on old gravestones are a healthy sign and a thriving population of lichens is an indication that the local air is clear. And the stuff is edible and was eaten in areas near the Caspian Sea in 1829 during a famine. Hope he comes up with an easy way to remove it.
The meeting in the Hall last evening told that the Building Healthy Communities used Schoolchildren as a target group last Halloween and what the young people thought Shannonbridge would need to make it a healthier place for them to live in was a "fun factory". Attendance was between 17 and 22.
It is planned to have another art project during the Easter break (Tuesday 29th March - Friday 1st April).
The project will aim to compare and contrast the lifestyles of young people in the late 1950's early 1960's with those of young people today and, in each case, explore how lifestyles impact on health and well-being.
The meeting looked at the local environment and it was decided to have a separate meeting for this in about two weeks time.
Regular Shannonbridge visitor Pauline Kemp from Bradford sent a card from America. She finally convinced her husband Dave to cross the Atlantic and they are having a ball .Let her tell you about it herself when they come to Shannonbridge for the Easter.
The value of Elan shares dropped by 5.4 Billion Euro yesterday with the withdrawal of their drug Tysabri. This was a 68 % drop.
See where Gallen Vocational School Ferbane won the Leinster 'A' senior football final on Sunday defeating Ballymahon by 2 - 9 to 1 - 9 at the game played in Athlone. Glad to see that Shannonbridge had six boys on the team and three substitutes on the bench.
The same Gallen School also play rugby and their team are in the Connacht semi -final on this Thursday 3rd March when they play against Sligo grammar school. Again many of the team are Shannonbridge boys.
One of the most popular players on the Irish Rugby Team is Peter Stringer and somebody was wondering if he was connected to a bank manager named Stringer who worked in Ballinasloe some years ago.
Cousin Father John Killeen from Toher called last evening and was telling about christening a Kenny baby in Moore last Sunday. Afterwards he joined the family for lunch in Millars Restaurant and was telling us that he had a great chat with some man about Jack Mulvey and family and Sportsdays in Shannonbridge sixty years ago and the Johnson's and the Reids and the Burns and the dances in Morans, now The Fort.
Death has taken place of Michael Stanley Cruise Taughmaconnell. Funeral tomorrow. Stanley was often featured in photographs taken at the Ballinasloe Fair as he wore a moustache and smoked a pipe and was in his mid nineties.
Pat Naughton of Clonfad and late of Birmingham has died. Funeral Mass in Clonfad Church on Thursday. May they rest in peace.
Weather today is forecast to be cold bright and sunny spells and scattered wintry showers of rain, hail and sleet, with a slight risk of thunder. Temperatures 4C/39F to 7C/45F with fresh Northerly breezes. Looks like another bad day for fishing.