- August 4-10 Meehan Family Reunion in County Sligo with Jeffrey (See Separate Blog) and before visiting:
- Cliffs of Mohr
- Tour and of the 15th century Bunratty Castle, County Clare
- Drinks and entertainment at Durty Nelly's next door
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| Bunratty Castle where we had Medieval meal |
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| Cliffs of Mohr |
- There were three events at the '05 reunion: (1)The Greet & Meet Picnic or BBQ at Mary Kennedy's in Skreen; (2)The Family Mass in Highwood & visit to Ballindoon Abbey Cemetery; (3)The main Social Night with Food & Music. The Saturday night Reunion festivities began at 7pm at the Mountain Inn. After dinner, music was provided by cousin Dominic Farrell's band. We danced and partied until exhaustion and the celebration ended somewhere between 3am and 5am!
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| Cousins Mary Kennedy, John Froud and Sharon |
Jeffrey and Derek
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| With Chris and Sharon after a festive night |
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| With Cousin Tom |
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| Grandpa Meehan's House in Highwood |
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| Mountain Inn, Coolaney where festivities took place |
After resting on Sunday, the festivities moved to Galway on Monday to cousin Gerard and Colette Lavin's award winning restaurant The Spinnaker on Galway Bay. The food and ambience were outstanding.
- Rental car and trip to Northern Ireland with Sharon and cousin Chuck Connor:
- Bus tour through West Belfast Protestant Falls Road section with 24 murals celebrating heroes who fought for Irish freedom.
- Shipyard where the Titantic was built in Belfast
- Giant's causeway
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| A mural of Bobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army and member of UK parliament led a hunger strike in 1981 and died while in prison. |
Mural of Protestant King William of Orange waged war against the Catholic rulers in the 17th Century.
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| Giant's Causeway on the Northern Ireland coast is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. According to legend the columns are the remains of a causeway built across the North Channel the by an Irish Giant to challenge a Scottish giant. |
