Conference tallis::celt

.....and the numbers drawn were 1, 2, 4, 18, 19, 21, and the bonus number 10.

         With numbers like that of course it was not won...



     rgds

      Des.

 

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    Achill is the place to be this week, folks, where the search is on to
    find the missing lotto ticket worth 2 million punts!
    
    Apparently some Galway lad and his American girlfriend went hill
    walking after doing the lotto in Achill and lost the alledged winning 
    ticket during a moment of passion on the hillside. Lotto fever is now in
    the air as dozens of visitors have been combing the hills for the
    elusive ticket.( much to the amusement and the bemusement of the locals
    who are far too sensible to be carrying on with this tom foolary)
    
    I'm off to Achill for the weekend where the craic is at at least going
    to be 89.
    
    Anyway the story was on Sky news this morning so it will run
    and run.... until the real winning ticket shows up.
    
    Des.
    

    Des,
    
    in today's Irish Times the post master is reported to believe the
    winner is a local who will collect AFTER the All Ireland. The
    suggestion is that he doesn't want to spoil preparations for the
    football with a lotto hooley. Are there any Achill men on the Mayo
    team ? 
    
    Achill is magic though, I was up there a few weeks ago...
    
    Kevin  

    
    Kevin,
    
    I hope the story is true and that the local is a relative or an old
    friend %^). He sounds like a very cool chap and that 2 mill ticket burning a
    hole in his mattress. There will be the mother of all hooleys in
    Achill after the AllIreland. Not to be missed.
    
    There are a couple of Achill lads knocking on the door of the senior 
    squad and that's as close as it gets. Colm Mcmenamin hails from Ternear
    a few miles from Achill.
    
    So Kevin have you been advised to put a saving wager on Mayo?
    
    Des
     

    No final decision yet, but it looks like a hefty saver on Mayo and a
    punt on the draw, which would pay up and leave both bets standing. On
    reflection, Meath did not score that many against the Dubs and a Mayo
    man in here is of the view that the Tyrone men were too small but that
    the Mayo lads will be able to look after themselves and give as good as
    they get. 
    
    >>There will be the mother of all hooleys in
        Achill after the AllIreland
    
    BUT don't get bould now, or you will have to invite 
    James up for the wake...
    
    What I especially liked about Achill is the golf course with the sheep!
    Nothing like it since I played in Moate in the 60's :-)
    
    Kevin 
         

    
    There are lots of stories about the fabled golfing sheep of Achill.
    One of which concerned a golfer whose tee off shot was heading for the 
    river when it got a timely deflection off an unsuspecting sheep and ended 
    up in the hole. He was so grateful he refused to eat lamb for a month.
    
    Now did you hear about the singing dog in the Slievemore Hotel?
    
    Des

    
    >Now did you hear about the singing dog in the Slievemore Hotel?
    
     2 legs or 4?...
    
    ..let us have it -)
    
Mick
    

Hey Mick:

Remember that night/week in Achill ??

"Lord Have Mercy"  !!!!!

A Little Porter and Mad for the Trad   :-)

keVin


PS: Hello Des .


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    Hello KeVin
    
    Sorry for your trouble this year but Clare hurlers will be back!
    
    Mick,
    
    The canine Caruso had indeed 4 legs and used to accompany his master's 
    voice in the Slievemore Hotel on a nightly basis. The mutt was
    certainly no Pavrotti but was a distinct improvement on his master's
    singing and thus was a roaring success.
    
    I didn't realise the extent of it's fame until I found myself in
    O'Briens bar in New Orleans a few years ago. It being a friendly place
    I soon found myself in conversation with a chap from Tennessee who had 
    visited Ireland and when I told him I was from Achill he almost fell
    off his chair and pleaded with me to tell the others in the bar about
    the singing dog. 
    
    Apparently when he returned to the US from his Irish trip and told them
    the story nobody believed him. 
    
    Needless to say I did'nt have to buy too many drinks that night.  
    
    
    rgds
    
    Des.
    

    >Clare hurlers will be back!
    
    I dunno, the decay is setting in, it will be another 80 years.
    
    Anthony Daly has opened a sports shop in O'Connell Street, Ennis, and I
    wandered in to become the very first customer last Friday. He tipped Wexford
    to win... I was too polite to complain about that fluke goal in the
    last few minutes :-)
    
    After the singing dog, can you tell us about the prayer hall and the
    moving mountains please. Also, when did they close the railway to
    Achill Sound?
    
    Kevin 
    
                        

    
    The prayer hall I believe you are referring is the House of Prayer.
    The stigmata (the wounds of Christ) appeared on Christine Gallagher 
    and she was instucted by the Virgin Mary to go to Achill and set up the
    aforementioned house. There has been a lot of attention in the media 
    about this even outside Ireland including a BBC programme.  Coach loads 
    have been  arriving in Achill from all over Ireland. She has been 
    denounced by the local parish priest who probably sees a lot of his 
    influence slipping.
    
    As regards moving mountains, I'm not so sure. The only moving mountain
    of late is Croughan where the missing lotto ticket is supposed to be.
    Moving due to the sheer number of walkers searching for the elusive
    2 million. Maybe you are thinking of moving statues, a Cork phenominan.
    
    The Achill railway line was closed in the 40's though I could be wrong.
    
    
    
    Des