Congratulations to Dorothy Devine Shannonbridge who was married in Ballintubber Abbey in Mayo on Friday last. Dorothy will now be a Jennings.

Also Congratulations to Dermot and Roisin Glennon who are celebrating their 40 years of marriage at the moment.

On Friday also the Michael Ward House of Fashion celebrated 30 years in business.

A Wilhelm A Gunster from Germany has kindly forwarded some photographs taken in Shannonbridge during his holiday this year. I explained to Wilhelm that at present our website has not got the capacity for photographs and our web creator reckons that it would cost a deal to buy the space . It would be a showpiece to show off the area and what facilities are available. Some old favourite photos of people, views, historic, sporting and so on might be included to be shared. Wishful thinking but there is some hope of a grant.

Meanwhile Broadband is prepared to provide a service to the area if ten people join. The cost is 40 Euro per month and Kerrill Thornhill has seven names at present.

It was good to see Gary Bird and his friend Tony on a short visit at the end of October and in time for the Galway Races October meeting. Gary is wheelchair bound but full of life and always in good humour.

Last week the Edwards came on a fishing holiday to Shannonbridge. The conditions were not ideal with a good half flood on the river covering the lower jetty. Mark Edwards and his friend Sandra travelled from Spain and linked up with his brother Peter and his son Michael from Walsall. They are friends of George Stokes and Michael told that he first came to Shannonbridge with George Stokes about 15 years ago when he was aged fourteen.

They tried a number of places and struggled until Tony Ellis told them where he had caught fish on the River Suck. Michael had 25 lbs of roach there the next day.

Paul Fitzgerald told us that he killed a wasp on November 4^th which gives an indication of the weather last week. Slight frost at night with fog clearing to sunshine and 55 to 60 C temperatures. Many trees have produced flowers and bluebells and daffodils etc were well over ground before the frost came.

A Curley Family called in on Saturday on their way from Ovens in County Cork to visit their families in Ballinasloe. The man told me that his mother was Flynn and a sister of the late Father Hugh Flynn. They know Terry O Driscoll who lived in Shannonbridge for a time and now lives in Ovens. If he has time he might reminisce on happenings in Shannonbridge.