Articles tagged ‘Shannon River’
Beheamoth Shopfront
By Seán | April 29th, 2007 |
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I bet you’ve been wondering about the beheamoth, haven’t you?
It has been a while since my last post on the topic. I swear this one is bordering on sponsorship, but I just had to post it. There is so much moolah in this new complex folks, that they’ve actually opened up a shopfront in the [...]
Beheamoth goes on the block
By Seán | April 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Well, the beheamoth is back.
I opened a local paper this week and saw computerised images of what the complex is meant to look like (one is there to your left).
The thing I can’t figure out is that the walkway pictured there will be beneath the flooding Shannon waters come winter - how do people get [...]
Throw your money into the river Shannon!
By Seán | February 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Encouraging tourism is a big *ahem* part of Ireland’s agenda. Despite some unfortunate comments about Athlone (WHAT??!! That hotbed of fun and frolicking? Someone OBVIOUSLY missed the post on topless sunbathing!), government ministers have recently gained some grudging support from locals that could bring funding in to improve the area around the Shannon.
Misty Shannon Dawn
By Seán | January 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
I just had to share this photo with y’all. I was at work last night past 11pm and had to wake early this morning to face another monotonous day of sitting behind a flickering computer monitor.
Noting that even the munchkin wasn’t awake when I left for work, I tromped my heavy boots down the front [...]
Shannon floods threaten endangered corncrake
By Seán | January 14th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have been discussing the flooding of the Shannon in previous posts. First I took a photo showing the disappearance of the weir under the rising river, then The Shannon actually burst its banks and proceeded to flood the town.
Returning to Athlone this week I noticed the waters had abated hardly at all. [...]
The Shannon bursts its banks
By Seán | December 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The Shannon floods its banks just south of the Athlone town bridge. Boats docked riverside threaten to drift onto the pavement. Leprechaun community evacuates for higher ground.
It has been threatening to happen for a while.
One storm after another, the disappearance of the weir and now the news has Athlone on flood watch, promising sand [...]
Where the weir went?
By Seán | December 7th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Above is the flooded weir today, below is a pic I took two months ago, so you can see where the weir went.
It takes a vast amount of water for the Shannon to have risen this high at the weir wall. All of the floodplains south of the weir would need to be overrun (they [...]
Irish hot air balloon championships
By Seán | September 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
This week the Irish hot air balloon championships are being held in Athlone. I awoke this morning to the unmistakeable sound of balloon torches being fired. Rushing out of the house I saw a dozen silent hot air balloons rising from the meadows south of the weir, some grazing the waters of the Shannon, and [...]
Talk like a pirate day
By Seán | September 20th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
So, when I lived stateside I used to read Dave Barry’s column regularly. One of the wonderful things he brought to my attention is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
This sort of absurdity rarely penetrates here in Ireland. Irish culture is already full to the brim with the absurd - making it difficult for new [...]
