Cousin Annie has a 92 year old golfing friend in America who greets the day with
"Thank the Lord I'm on the right side of the grass this morning".

Today a Mr and Mrs Mc Carten from Brisbane stopped by in Shannonbridge to see the river bridge on their way to Clonmacnois.Mr Mc Carten told us that his family were in the shipping business collecting scrap metal from Belfast.A search of one telephone book showed about six entries for his name based mostly around Ballyshannon in County Donegal.He told us that in Brisbane there was a well known man named Michael Killeen living there.

Last week 28 people from the small German town Hundstruck Brau came on holiday on the River Shannon.They hired six cruisers with half starting from Portumna and the other half starting from Carrick on Shannon.Mid week they met and stayed overnight in Shannonbridge.
They all wore jackets with "Rautour 2010".Ingole Hess told that he has holidayed in Ireland 125 times.He has a collection of some 300 books on Ireland and he told us that he is a friend of Lobo from Beckenfert whose hobby is making clocks from slate.

Shannonbridge has a population of near 100 crows and jackdaws. Today Mick Killeen got the impression that one of the birds had optained sponsorship as it landed in the pub yard and caught a Tayto Cheese and Onion crisp bag in its mouth and flew away. It was careful to leave the Tayto bag hanging down for all and sundry to view as it went off for a snack.

This weeks Offaly Independent tells us that the Google Photographic map of Offaly Goes Live with the launch of Google Street View.It uses digital photography taken last year to create a panorama effect.Unfortunately it had no details of how to get to the site but have fun in the search.

Shannonbridge Church is in its second week of inside decoration and all is going nicely.
We even have our own version of moving statues as the painter reaches different areas.

Met a German visitor with the unusual name of Heinz who told us that he was a friend of Harry Rowald the writer.Heinz was in Shannonbridge in 1986 and he reminded me that then I had my head wrapped in a bandage.At that time he asked me what had happened my head and I told him that the doctor had bored a hole in my head and found nothing and put the bandage around it.Heinz visited again on 3rd October travelling by car.

Taughmaconnell Heritage and Historical Society are unveiling a Memorial Bust to the late Governor John G.Downey on Friday 15th October in Taughmaconnell village.Governor Downey was the 7th Governor of California State and was a a native of the parish of Taughmaconnell.
The unveiling,which will be performed by the American Ambassador to Ireland,Mr Dan Rooney will take place at 12.00 noon on Friday.