Shannonbridge Local News
Congratulations to Liam and Genine Fallon on the birth of their baby girl Christina Sarah.
Also birthday greetings to twins Joseph and Robert Carry on their fourth birthday from their grandparents Charlie and Brigid.
Wedding bells will be ringing in
Time is running out for our Val Joyce who has been presenting a two hours plus late night radio show for years. A new broom in RTE has swept Val clean. Thank you Val for many many wonderful hours of music and enjoy your forced retirement.
Midlands Radio 3 seems to be getting fond of Shannonbridge for August.
After Ricey Scully’s live two hour show from Killeens Bar last Thursday the 24th August from 10 to 12 pm the same station are having a live broadcast on tomorrow morning Friday 31st August commencing at 9.30 am and going on until about noon.
I presume you can listen to it on the radio in many counties and on their website www.midlands103 .com
Just heard that Brendan Scanlon is in Shannonbridge and must go and say hello to him.
There are bits of squally rain showers around today.
Mick
Mick Fleming from Rhode and Paul ‘The Gizmo’ Glennan stopped off in Shannonbridge today. Mick is a son of Christy Fleming who served as a Garda in Shannonbridge in the late fifties. He was transferred to Portarlington for a period before being appointed a Sergeant in Rhode where he remained until he died in 2001 from cancer. At the time of his appointment Christy was one of the youngest sergeants in the Garda Siochana. While in Portarlington he met Nora Kelly and married her. They had two boys Mick and Stormy Norman and two girls Chantelle and Elaine who died
Mick and the Gizmo were on their way back from a stag weekend for Norman who is getting married in Croghan next month..
Today Monday I was glad to meet Annie Price that was our neighbour and her daughter Lesley who are on holiday this week from
Many thanks to Padraic Turley for sending on the tribute poem to his aunt Sister Monica which was composed by her friends in religion as a celebration for her 90th birthday.
Sr. Monica
1916-2006
In nineteen sixteen, great events did abound,
At Easter in Ireland new freedom was found;
A little while later in August that year,
Annie Claffey was born amid smiles and good cheer.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to our Annie who's 90 today.
To Mam and Dad Claffey, in Clerhane in the bog,
Their family was special, for them they did slog,
To make life worth living for their pride and joy,
That was Myra and Annie and Joseph, their boy.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Annie, you're 90 today.
Annie travelled to school on 1st Class every morn.
Her bike was her life-line - Free Travel was born;
Clonmacnoise was the seat of her learning back then,
'Twas far from the end as you later will ken.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Annie, you're 90 today.
At school she was taught her 3 R's and much more
At home she was taught by her Mam the home chores;
And when she was older, of Clerhane had her fill,
Mam let her go to Uncle Pat at Bloomhill.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you Annie, you're 90 today.
The years flew in quickly -'42 came along,
The Lord called to Annie, she didn't go wrong;
To Gallen she went with a song in her heart,
'Twas there that her work on far missions would start.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Annie, you're 90 today.
Soon Sister Monica, since that was her name,
Set sail on a ship and to Scotland she came,
Further studies she did with a Cert, stylishly,
An expert was dubbed in what she'd learned at Mam’s knee.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrat to you, Sister, you're 90 today.
Expert in Home Ec. To Kildonan she roamed,
And later in Freetown she there made her home,
In various places her part she did play
But `twas in the North she was destined to stay.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Sister, you're 90 today.
The 60's were ending, of school she'd hr fill
She then took on nursing, looking after folks' ills,
She worked in the Clinic, to her bribes were flung,
She even was offered a pail-full of dung!!!
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Mona, you're 90 today.
Her gifts they were many, plant life played a part,
Gardens and flowers are close to her heart,
She tended them well and awards came her way
For beautiful gardens she tended each day.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Mona, you're 90 today.
She left the West Coast for her homeland once more,
St. Vincent's in Dublin then opened its door;
She worked for the sick who went there in a throng,
The friends that she made were to last her life-long.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you Mona, you're 90 today.
She has special loves in her life, we can tell,
And Padhraig, her nephew, she thinks is just SWELL;
Paul and Padhraig can make her heart soar,
Whenever they come with a knock at her door.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Mona, you're 90 to day.
Mona, your mind is so active and clear,
We trust `twill be so for still many a year,
The crosswords enjoy as the paper you read,
At them you're a wizard, to this we concede.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Mona, you're 90 to day.
90 years young we all wish that today,
All joys and all graces may come now your way;
May the Lord who thus far has blessed you from above,
Continue to give you His joy, Peace and love.
Too ra loo, too ra lay, Congrats to you, Mona, on this special day.
Lord, for everything that has been
Thanks
For everything that will be
yes
Shannonbridge Fishing Report …Dated
Generally good fishing weather last week with the occasional rain. Many anglers speak of how clear the water is and maybe some additive to groundbait might make it more murky.
River levels remain low as in previous weeks.
Frank Sherlock from Birr fished the River Suck on the 24th August and on a sunny day used lures to catch three pike that averaged 6 lbs. Next day he fished on the River Shannon and fishing with a dead perch bait he caught a pike weighing 18 lbs. Good fishing was his comment.
Brothers Rob and Mick Peake were in Shannonbridge last week and were disappointed with their fishing. Their comment was ‘worse in 25 years’
They did fish a number of swims which never pays off unless someone else has done the work of prebaiting by fishing the swim the week before.
Rob recorded catching tench, bream and roach while fishing the River Suck at Ballyforan in sunshine on the 23rd August. On 25th August Rob fished the
Mick Peake had his best day at Pullagh on 25th August in the rain when he caught tench bream roach and skimmers.
Garry and Brian Smith from Ballyduff fished the River Shannon at the local power plant on 13th and 23rd August. They did not record their full catches but left in three photographs. One was off a 6 lbs tench caught on sweetcorn. Second was a double figure pike that went for a dead roach bait. The third photograph was of a 5 lbs tench also caught on sweetcorn.
Tom Carty from Shannonbridge fished under the bridge and used a 28 gram Toby lure to catch a double figure pike which he returned alive.
Rafael from Birr /
Youngsters Craig Burke 14, and Sean Burke,9 years fished near the village bridge yesterday and used worm and maggot to catch 10 perch and a few roach. Not big enough was their comment..
Maggie Brien met Loretta Birch, nee Moran this week. They were school chums but have not met for 62 years. Aint that something.
The Wolf Family from
On Saturday the Cassidy Clan had a re-union with about 180 members of the family coming together to meet and chat and visit graveyards and old homesteads. That evening they attended a special Mass in High Street Church with many of the family taking active parts in the celebration. Afterwards they had a banquet in The Fort Restaurant in Shannonbridge. Some Trojan work had been put into the re-union by Mary and Tony Cassidy. No doubt this will be an annual event and so it should be.
Seven cruisers from Portumna arrived in Shannonbridge on Sunday carrying some 41 people from
They told us that for the two weeks previous they had been in
After their stay in
The two people I met were Richard Dix and Chris Edwards and they were interested in trying out the wonderful shower units cared so well by Des Finnerty.
The whole trip is being organised by Derek and Anne Crichton from
I got a surprise when I met Derek and Anne later on Sunday night as their faces were very familiar. And so they should as a couple of years ago they had called in and they remembered a drink associated with the pub – Hot Chocolate and Rum. They enquired about Louise whom they had met and maybe had some e-mail contact. Anyhow they are gone off with a copy of her CD recording so look out
The brother John has been home for a time but one of his parishioners died on Friday so he is flying back to
Some GAA news. First Roscommon Minor Footballers had a great semi-final victory over Meath on Sunday. Then Mayo Seniors took on mighty
Ricey Scully is a well known name on local radio and for a number of weeks he has been bringing his recording equipment to various towns and villages in the Midlands of Ireland.
On this Thursday August 24th the Ricey Scully Show will be recorded live in Killeens Bar in Shannonbridge. A number of musicians will be performing and Mick Killeen has a team lined up for Ricey to interview.
The show will be broadcast on
The death has occurred of Michael Kennedy, Bloomhill and Athlone. His funeral takes place to Clonmacnois tomorrow Wednesday 23rd August after Mass in Clonmacnois. He was a brother of Joe Kennedy, car salesman in Birr. May he rest in peace.
Shannonbridge footballers were defeated in a crunch match this evening by a Banagher / Cloghan team. The defeat may mean that they will go from senior to intermediate.
Last Friday evening the annual Mass was held in Teamphaill or Cloniffeen. Steve and Colm Kenny and Kieran Kelly and others had done a great job in tidying the old graveyard for the occasion. Some fifty or sixty people attended and the Mass was concelebrated by Father O Hanlon and Father John Killeen who was home on holidays from
Teamphaill is situated to the left of the roadway leading to the hot water outlet from the power plant and the remains of a small churchyard located there. A number of years ago a small group set about developing this area with the co-operation of the land owner Steve Kenny. The walls of the old church were tidied up and an altar and shelter are now in place. All around are a number of unmarked stones in memory of those buried there.
After the ceremony there was a very welcome cup of tea and food available in the village hall for anyone attending the
Met a couple from Glendalough on Monday who are on a type of pilgrimage to Clonmacnois and this area in general. He is a Laois man and she was born in Kildare but they have been living near Glendalough in Wicklow ever since they got married. They decided to make a visit to Clonmacnois and today they visited the Nunnery and Clonmacnois and had a look at the bridge at Shannonbridge and the Fortifications. Tomorrow they plan to visit
Perhaps the idea might be used and sometime a group from Shannonbridge might arrange to visit Glendalough or some such place.
It was great to see Maggie Brien from
Rubbish seems to be a growing problem in Shannonbridge. The usual industrial skip that had been supplied for holidaymakers on the river was abused recently and filled with a three piece suite and some old carpet. Six bins were provided instead and that has been increased to twelve. These are for the use of people holidaying on the river and it begs the question ‘will they also be abused’?.
Shannonbridge Fishing Report ….. Dated
Weather has been a little colder and many days were described as overcast. The river levels remain near to minimum.
Ivan Vandevren and Etienne Goemaere from
Etienne had 6kg of hybrids using feeder maggot and caster on the first day. On his last day he caught 2kg of hybrid and a 5kg pike while using feeder maggot and caster and dead bait for the pike. There were lots of pike in the swim in attacking form.
Youngsters Christopher Bookless and Ciaran Kenny from
On 18th August George Hersee Athlone /
George’s friend Mary O Grady from
On the same day young Christopher Bookless and Ciaran Kenny returned for another day at the Hot Water. This time George Hersee took an interest in the two boys and set up their floats and tackles properly. Christopher fished with float and maggot and caught a tench, rudd,roach,and some hybrid as well as his perch. Ciaran Kenny used maggot and float and caught his first tench. Two happy boys and many thanks to George Hersee for his help.
On the 19th August John Gleeson from
Madeleine and Louise from Shannonbridge fished the River Suck on 20th August in sunshine and used worm and maggot to catch three skimmer bream and roach and perch.
Then they saw a bull in the field so fishing was abandoned for the day.
Shannonbridge Fishing Report….Dated
Generally the river level remained low but rose from 2.1 Metres to 2.2 Metres on Sunday 13th August.
Young Peter Brady from Naas used a lure to catch his first pike on 7th August while fishing on the River Suck in sunshine. He released the fish alive.
Billy Shearer from Peterswell,
Fifteen year old Aaron Black from
James Bagnall from Wrexham fished the Hot Water at the Shannonbridge power plant on 8th August and on an overcast day using maggot and feeder had a good day fishing catching three tench, two bream and rudd.
Martin and Richard Downey from
Richard used corn and maggot and caught some pound size rudd and roach for a good days fishing.
On the 11th August which was blustery and overcast Michael used maggot, corn and groundbait to catch rudd, pike, roach and hybrids which he described as shy fish.
Richard used maggot and worm to catch tench to 4 Lbs, perch and hybrids. He asks ‘where’s the bream’
John Hodgins from Cloghan celebrated his 21st birthday on the 12th August by fishing in overcast conditions downstream from the village bridge. He used his favourite lure to catch four pike – 12 lbs, 7.5 lbs and two jack pike as well as eight perch with the best a two pounder. Nice birthday present for John.
Father and young son Ryan and Garry Smith from Ballyduff fished the Hot Water on the 13th August and used swimfeeder, corn and maggot to catch six tench, best 6 lbs, hybrid to 1.5 lbs and roach and skimmer bream.
Regular Belgian visitors Ivan Vandevren and Etienne Goemaere fished the
On the 12th August they fished on the River Suck in overcast conditions using feeder, maggot and caster. Ivan caught 5 kilos of a mixed bag of roach and hybrids while his friend used the same tactics to catch 4 kilos mixed bag of mainly roach.
They commented that on the River Suck the fish were feeding for two hours and then the swim went dead. Any theories?
On Friday evening everything seemed to come right for the annual open air Mass in Clonmacnois cemetery for the deceased. Some of the local papers told of the event beforehand and people came from many a big area. Fathers O Hanlon and PJ Fitzpatrick blessed the graves while the Rosary was recited. Even the amplification was spot on and after Communion a voice was heard remarking ‘there was just enough’. There was a similar open air Mass on Monday evening in Glebe cemetery. Glebe is a bit like our local Cloniffeen graveyard.
I noticed that the film ‘The Flight of The Doves’ which used Shannonbridge as one of the locations is now available on DVD and costs 10 Euro. Columbia Pictures have a www.cthe.co.uk on the cover.
My sister Doc was telling about a pilgrim Mass last Sunday on
Speaking of birds John Monaghan was telling me recently that at Mc Keown’s sandpit mid way between Shannonbridge and Ballinasloe sand has been placed to cover off the sandpit as one travels from Ballinasloe. This year birds have used this as a nesting place.
The young neck ringed dove was on our shed roof on Friday and I noticed it kept its ground when the other birds were disturbed in their feed.
Becoming Jane, a film about Jane Austen’s life Starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy has just finished filming in
Mick Kinsella, ex ESB was in Shannonbridge on his boat today. Mick looks right well and told us that he keeps his boat at Lowtown and uses the canals and the River Barrow more than the
In The Midland Tribune of 2nd August Jonathan Fanning has an article bannered ‘Shannonbridge Native earns Top Award’. He tells about John and Freda Sheehan and their new award winning restaurant in Killarney. It is adjacent to Killarney golf course and is aptly named ‘Par 4’. Recently it clinched the coveted Leading Restaurant Award.
Freda is a daughter of Louis and Mairead Darcy of Templedew and well done on winning such a great award.
Had a little rain this Tuesday afternoon and temperatures are have dropped back somewhat.
At the end of July Ramon Alcalde from
Ken and Betty Smith forwarded an information pack from a
In recent weeks there has been much use of the waste collection wheelie bins at the riverside. For years a big industrial skip was a great help but this has now been replaced by wheelie bins. The last skip arrived on a Friday evening and on Saturday morning it contained a three piece suite and a heap of used carpet.
Michael and Mary Kate Horan from
Met a family of Mc Cauleys who were enjoying a cruise on the
It was great to have Eamon and Tony Killeen and Corey from
On Friday Father Rory Deane from Wexford and Port Aransas
Last night I held
A little hand
So tender and so sweet
I thought my heart
Would surely break
So wildly did it beat.
No other hand
I ere had held
Such joy to me did bring
As the hand I held last night
Four Aces and a King.
Shannonbridge Fishing Report…Dated
The river level remains at a low level with just a few short showers last week.
Wayne Pitt from
A nice quiet afternoon until the boats came in and spoiled it.
Ten year old Tara Naomi G-Jones from
Teenager Daniel Devery from Ballinahowen fished from the jetty at Clonmacnois using float and worm and caught 20 roach all over a pound weight.
His friend Eugene Boland 15, had no rod but fished alongside Daniel using a piece of line, a wine bottle cork as a float and hook and worms and caught 14 fine roach all over a pound.
Paul Burt from
Mick Burt also fished the Hot Water on the same day and used the swimfeeder and corn approach to catch 6 tench weighing 3 to 4 lbs each.
Rory Mc Allorum of the Dublin Pike Anglers fished on the River Suck on 5th August camped by his swim. In the dawn hours he used a feeder and maggot on a SIZE 8 hook and caught 50 lbs of small bream and roach. Not bad he says. He also had a pike rod set up and used a legered dead bait to catch two low doubles and a 4 lb pike. His friend David Hughes also fished the Dawn and used feeder, corn and maggot to catch 30 lbs of small bream and roach.
K. Conroy and friends from the Midland Region fished what they call “The Cusack Stand” at Clonmacnois on 5th August in very humid and breezy weather. They used Jerks to catch six pike with the best one weighing over 10 Lbs.
On Friday a Wexford footballer / angler Rory Deane was in Shannonbridge and passed on a fisherman’s prayer which goes as follows –
The Fisherman’s Hope
God grant that I may
Live to fish
Until my dying day
And when it comes
To my last cast
I then most humbly pray
That in the Lords
Safe landing net
I am peacefully asleep
And in his mercy
I be judged
As big enough to keep.
Shannonbridge Fishing Report …Dated
Despite some rain during the week river levels remained friendly for fishing.
Harold Halford fished a peg upstream of the village bridge on 25th July on a broken day and used maggot and worm to catch a satisfying bag of perch and roach.
Young Neal Fenton from Kildare choose to fish the village harbour on the 25th July and used a swimfeeder and various hook bait to catch pike, perch and roach. At one point a baby gull got caught in his line and was released safely.
Andy Thorpe from England fished on the River Suck on 24th July and used a swimfeeder to catch some bream and roach from a virgin swim which took some feed and some days to attract the fish but finally it happened.
Colin Dwyer from
Louise Killeen from Shannonbridge fished the Hot Water in sunshine on 27th July. She used maggot and a swimfeeder to catch tench and rudd with a bite every cast.
Madeline Davis from
Kevin Boltz from
On the 29th July Kevin fished on the
Bob Tilley also from
Nick Burt from
Local angler Ray Walshe fished out on Lough Mask in Mayo yesterday with boatman Martin Kelly. Ray used various wet flies including the Green Peter to catch ten trout that weighed between a half pound up to 2.5 lbs. Good fishing in the morning and five of the fish were big enough to keep. Ray took just one trout for a friend.
Possible visitors wishing to stay in Shannonbridge should note that the telephone numbers have been altered in the area. These are some numbers that may be helpful
- Ashbrook Farm Guesthouse (John and Vera Carty) 090-9674166.
- Bog Rail Tour 090-9674114.
- Ely House (Brian and Dympna O Carroll 090-9674205.
- Rachra House (Pat and Patti Corbett) 090-9674249.
- Kajon House (Kay and John Brennan) 090-9674191.
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- Laurel Lodge (Eamon and Marie Mc Manus 090-9674189.
- Shannonbridge Tourist Office 090-9674344
- Bait Service 090-9674112.
- Note that Rachra House and Laurel Lodge have lake boats for hire.
I forgot to mention that Paudge Bennett the singer celebrates his birthday tonight. His age is secret but the songs remain as fresh as a daisy.
Had two girls here this morning who are attending a FAS course and they have the task o f preparing a list of walkways for Shannonbridge and district. Looking forward to the end result.
The front page of today’s Irish Times tells of a historic find by a farmer in South Offaly.
An ancient Irish manuscript or Book of Psalms estimated to be 1000 to 1200 years old was described by of The National Museum as being an Irish equivalent to that of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It appears to be an Irish early Christian Psalter, written on vellum.
It is in large format and there is a picture of some of the writing. The Irish Times website is www.ireland.com
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth in Dublin of George Bernard Shaw.
I was glad to meet Father Ronnie Madden and his mother who stopped by this morning.
Ronnie was a schoolmate in Garbally College and worked for the
The corncrake man called in this evening and told that two more male corncrakes have been located bringing the total to 19 male birds. The new birds were found in Clonburren and Bishop’s
Note that the local Active Retirement Group day outing to
Despite all the good weather Ballinrobe race meeting on Tuesday evening had to be abandoned due to heavy rain which made it unsafe for riding.
Talks of Mick and Mary Killeen celebrating forty years of marriage later today. Also hear that Charlie and Bridie Carry will be celebrating forty five years of marriage also today.
And of course Vincent and Mary Fahey will be celebrating fifty years of marriage this month.
Congratulations to them all.
On Thursday Lisa and her husband from Prosperous called in on their way home from Salthill. Lisa had been a patient with Pat Killeen in Saint James’ Hospital in
Yesterday two couples from
The Mass on Saturday night was a 36th Anniversary Mass for the late Mrs Winifred Darcy Shannonbridge. Her daughter Joan was telling that she inherited her mother’s goose and gander when Mrs Darcy died. The goose is still alive and the gander died last Christmas.
Remember the two couples that set out to cycle from Salthill to
Got a phone call at the weekend from an angler Keith Moon that wants to book self catering for July 2007. Just in case anybody else wants to contact their favourite B+B the telephone numbers have got an extra couple of numbers.
For example what was 0905-74249 is now 090-9674249 and as usual when you get into
Good to see Alan Rock home at the weekend and Bridie Carry tells us that Patricia Carry is home at present.
Weather continues to be good with the weatherman today promising showers in the west. Lucky we live in Shannonbridge.
Looking forward to hearing the trio ( Una Mc Lochlainn, Lorraine Kenny and Colin Killeen ) that played for the wedding of President McAleese’s Aide-de-comme last week in Portumna are playing in Shannonbridge tonight. Next gig will probably be in the
On 20th July a group of fifteen who are swimming the length of the river
Members of Banagher Sub Aqua and the Army from Athlone were in attendance to help if needed. The swim is in aid of Saint Hilda’s in Athlone and another charity.
On Friday last I noticed two strange birds picking up feed from the shed roof in the yard.
So Rose Ryan was called and she immediately identified them as two ring collared doves. The adult had a distinct dark ring around its neck but the younger bird had not developed its trademark. They are neighbours of Rose Ryan and nest in a tree near the Church.
The same paper has a feature on Sarge’s Place, the new name for Cahill’s Bar in
On Friday night Bobby Finn opened a brand new Moycarn Lodge on the banks of the River Suck near Ballinasloe. It is a purpose built bar and restaurant with a private floating jetty for customers. Landlubbers are provided with a new roadway which has its entrance about 200 metres the Shannonbridge side of The Pines.
Wishing them both the best of luck in their ventures.
Karl Hoystead celebrated his 21st birthday on 21st July. Happy birthday Karl.
Shannonbridge Active Retirement Group has plans to visit
Padraig Turley and his wife,
1,
And yesterday May Blehein, Gurteen celebrated her 95th birthday. Her husband Michael is 93 years old and they are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary later this year. We know them better as Maureen Thornhill’s parents.
Congratulations to you both.
Shannonbridge Fishing Report … Dated
The warm weather continued with a few drops of rain on Saturday.
The river level remains steady at just over two metres.
Some young anglers holidaying on cruisers enjoyed some fishing. Greg Treacy aged 12 years from
Mick Hemming from Stowbridge fished the
David James from Stowbridge fished the Hot Water on 16th July and used pole and maggot to catch a fine bag of roach.
Kevin Boltz from
Bob Tilley from
Local angler William Kenny used his boat and spinners to go trolling for pike on 23rd July on the River Shannon. He caught 15 pike with the best weighing 8 lbs. When he was stopped for lunch he fished for perch and caught 24 perch with one perch weighing over 2 lbs.
Aidan Kelly from Shannonbridge had a 12 lbs pike when trolling a dead bait from a boat on 16th July. This weekend he went bank fishing on 23rd July using maggot and float and caught 42 perch which were returned alive.
Catch of the week was on 19th July when John Gleeson from
Phyllis O Leary from Rath and Chicago stopped by to say hello last week. Phyllis knows my brother Jim and Maureen and family and of course Noreen Kitt.
At the weekend a German couple stopped by. They were first in this area some six years ago and on their first trip they had a caravan and were looking for overnight parking which was found. They now come to
Joe Coleman telephoned from
DAMRUOY.
On Monday Michael Freeman from
Basil and Louisa Mc Mahon from
Sorry to hear of the death of a school mate Joe Langan from Balle County Mayo.
Shannonbridge Fishing Report …Dated
Weather has been very good for the week as regards sunshine and no rain.
The river level has remained constant at 2.2 Metres.
Bunthe Biedermann from
57 cm, 45 cm, 43 cm and 40 cm. He also caught 30 quality perch.
Eva Stein from
Tony Clayton from
His friend Dennis Duckett from
On July 11th Dennis Duckett fished on the River Suck on a very hot sunny day and caught 6 lbs of mixed bag using leger and red maggot. Dennis reckoned that it was too hot and would be better early morning. ( how about trying some nigh
On the 15th July four of the
Dennis Wood had 65 lbs of tench and hybrids.
Gary Pickard caught 60 lbs of roach and hybrids up to 2 lb.
Neil Whittaker had 40 lbs of roach and hybrids.
Dennis Duckett caught 25 lbs of roach and hybrids.
Padraig Dolan, Creggan fished on the River Suck at Correen on 13th July on a hot day and used a small Mepps to catch an 8 lb brown trout.
Yesterday 16th July Swawel Studzinski from Shannonbridge and