[AT] On losing farm land

[Larry D. Goss]

Wait until you see it, Cecil.  The photos in the guide books can't do it
justice.  Galway is an interesting location.  For that matter, so is
Dublin.  Take the time to go through the Book of Kells exhibit at
Trinity College in Dublin.  Try your best to keep your wife out of the
big department store across the street from the post office on McConnell
street, go shake the hand of a mummy in the crypts of St. Michan's, and
try not to spend too much time in Temple Bar.  BTW, that big department
store has more variety of double Damask Irish linen for sale than any
other place in Ireland.  Go to Blarney Woolen Mills (there are several
locations) for crystal.  Check for the patterns that are NOT exported if
you want unique additions to your own collection or for gifts.  They
will automatically deduct the VAT for crystal purchases put on your
credit card and will ship the items to your home in the states by UPS
(insured) free of charge.

If you're in the Shannon/Limerick region for a couple of days, see if
you can get into the Madrigal dinner at Bunratty castle.  It's an
interesting full evening of entertainment which most people top off by a
visit across the street to Durty Nellie's.  If you're in Limerick
overnight, head for Dolan's pub about three blocks south of the Jury's
Inn.  It is the best location for traditional Irish music in the region.

If you're a golfer, I presume you know of Lahinch.  It's an unbelievable
course that you have to drive by on going and coming from the Cliffs of
Mohr.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Cecil E
Monson
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 2:50 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] On losing farm land

> I put a new veggie garden in thie year. I put it in an area that was 

theoritically clear of stones but my 15' X 25' garden yielded a pile of

stones 15' long by 3' high and maybe 4' deep.  A few were too large for

me to extract with the plow or my large steel pry bars.... They say I

live at the endpoint of the last ice age, so all of the stone was dumped

off in this region.
> 
> Rob Gray
> NE PA 

	If you find any that look like they came from here, you don't
have to ask if we want them back. You can have them.  ;-)

	I'm hoping to have a look at Galway Bay and see what Larry is
talking about this fall. We have reservations and hope to go. Flying
in to Dublin and coming back out of Shannon which is just south of
Galway. I doubt their rocks are much worse than we have on some of our
property though, Larry. We have lots of places it would be hard to get
a steel fence post in the ground. One thing about rocks, the old timers
used to say it takes rocks to grow nice potatoes. No wonder the Irish
depend on potatoes - they don't have any choice.

Cecil

-- 
The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
what you said.

Cecil E Monson
Lucille Hand-Monson
Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole

Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment

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