The death occurred of Mrs Deirdre Troy, Lusmagh during last week , when her car went off the road near Mullingar. She was a daughter of Adain Quigley from Cloghan and her funeral took place yesterday. May she rest in peace. Adain worked on the first steel erection for Shannonbridge Power Station back in the early 1960’s.

Congratulations and best wishes to Noel Kelly Clonfad, Oldtown and to Maureen Murray, from Gurteen, Sligo and Detroit USA who got married on 13^th October in Detroit. Willie and Maureen tell us that at present they are on honeymoon touring Australia until Christmas. Santa Claus is taking the newly weds to Ireland on Christmas Eve.

“The Country in The City” – a history of the Offaly Association in Dublin 1957 – 2007 has just been published. Written by Paul Rouse the book has very many B+W photographs of various functions such as football, hurling and social happenings.

One of the photographs from back in the early years has Andy Ford in the group.

Andy was married to Margaret Devery from Leharrow and they later emigrated to America. Cost of the book is 15 Euros.

Des Leary gave me a two liner for names of local townlands between Blackwater and Garrymore.

* Blackwater, Clonever,

Lecarrow, Leharrow. *

Liked the story told by Arnold O’Byrne to Gay Byrne and used in his column in the Sunday Independent yesterday

Fellow in Belfast walking down a dark and deserted street. Suddenly, a slight sound behind him and the barrel of a gun in his back.

And a voice said: ”Don’t turn round,

And don’t make a sound. Just answer this question: are you a Protestant or a Catholic?”

This was a bright and fast thinking chap, and he said: “Actually, I’m Jewish.”

And the voice said: “I must be the luckiest Arab in Belfast.”

Wonder will the Shannonbridge Jazz followers attend The World’s Biggest Big Band

Swing and Jazz Concert in The Concert Hall in Dublin on 29^th and 30^th March 2008.

That’s Saturday and Sunday and tickets cost from 40 to 45 to 55 to 65 Euros each.