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Tour of Ireland in Athlone

By Seán | August 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

So Sunday was the final leg of the Tour of Ireland bicycle race.
Just lookit ‘em all there, bicycling over the River Shannon, past Athlone’s Saints Peter and Paul’s church.
The munchkin and I got up early on the beautiful, sunny day (finally!) and strolled over to where booming voices were announcing things in Burgess Park. There [...]

 

Tour of Ireland

By Seán | August 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

I spotted this sign in Burgess Park here in Athlone yesterday.
The fifth and final leg of this bicycle race starts at the strand here in Athlone at 11a.m. on Sunday (tomorrow) heading to Merrion Square in Dublin. The time allotted for this 147.7 kilometre leg of the race is 3hr12min. Wow - that’s pretty [...]