GAA.
Shannonbridge Junior footballers got their JFB Championship campaign off to a great start with a four point win over Rhode, at the away venue, on a scoreline of 1-10 to 0-9. Well done lads. There will be a break for a number of weeks in the Senior Football Championship action due the the county team's involvement in the Championship.

Corncrakes.
Still waiting to hear my first corncrake here. Only three reported up to yesterday - at Shannonbridge, Banagher and Clonburren.
Was on the Isle of Iona, Scotland, last weekend, home of St Columba's monastery foundation and where the Book of Kells was written. Two persons buried in the graveyard there are MacBeth (of Shakespeare fame) and John Smith (1938 - 1994), Tony Blair's immediate predecessor as leader of the British Labour Party. Heard five corncrakes, loud and clear in the middle of the day; one was calling from a roadside vegetable garden! Just like old times.