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Conference tallis::celt

Title:Celt Notefile
Moderator:TALLIS::DARCY
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1632
Total number of notes:20523

676.0. "Valentia Island" by HYEND::SECRETARY_2 () Tue Nov 07 1989 12:29

    Can anyone tell me where Valentia Island is located?
    
    Thanks...
    
    -Lorelei
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676.1In Irish (Da�rbhre) "The Oak Wood" ..TUNER::BURNSUp the BannerTue Nov 07 1989 13:5312
    
    
    
    	Off the coast of Kerry , near Cahirciveen ....
    
    Best known as the Eastern Terminal station for the Atlantic Cable.
    
    The island is 7 miles long and 2 miles wide.
    
    
    
    keVin
676.2BOOKIE::DAVEYTue Nov 07 1989 14:1612
    It's connected to the mainland by an iron bridge these days. It
    was rather desolate, but very pretty - I was there last year.
    
    The main town/village, Knightstown, has the dubious honour of housing
    a rather tacky, brightly-lit, American-style bar called "Bostons",
    which is bedecked with Boston Celtics/Boston Bruins/Boston Red Sox 
    paraphernalia, not to mention a thousand and one (well maybe I
    exaggerate) pictures and postcards of Boston. Somehow the bar didn't 
    seem to fit in with the very traditional little town it was in. But 
    thankfully it still served good Guinness.
                                                
    John
676.3:-)EGAV01::DKEATINGIrish Punts beat the Maltese CrossWed Nov 08 1989 04:256
.1�    Best known as the Eastern Terminal station for the Atlantic Cable.

    Rubbish Kevin...best known for producing one of Gaelic Football's GREATS
    Mick O'Connell.
    
    - Dave K.
676.4Great Spectators !!!! :-)STEREO::BURNSUp the BannerWed Nov 08 1989 07:259
    
    
    	Dave: How could you expect someone with ties to Clare, to know
    	      "Anything" about Gaelic Sports ???   :-)
    
    
    	      
    	keVin