On Sunday 23rd August Martin and Eavan Murphy from Louth called to Shannonbridge
on their Silverline hire cruiser. They had attempted to journey up the River Suck
but were afraid that they might not get under the Bord na Mona railway bridge.
Martin was wearing a jumper with his local team website wrote on it.
www.cooleykickhams.ie should be worth a visit.
Martin told us that the first foot and mouth in the Republic showed up in their
peninsula. Lucky for everybody it was safely stopped there.


Also on Sunday a couple from the Netherlands stopped by.They had last visited
the Shannonbridge area some 25 years ago.
Then they had visited the local Bog Rail Tour and later stayed in Rachra House
and enjoyed the music in the pub. They were hoping to repeat their first program.
This time they were disappointed that the Bog Train Tour is not available.
They promised to e-mail their thoughts and memories of their visits.