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Irish
Rovers
Bill Gee
, Chairman, Liverpool & Merseyside
For those who have not visited Cork in Ireland, let me share some of our group’s wonderful moments.
T
hanks must go to Pat Nunan
, Chairman of Cork Region and his
team for their wonderful efforts. They were fantastic in their support
and enthusiasm. We must also thank members from Derbyshire
Branch who supported our Branch on the trip, their support and friendship
made the event extra special.
The weekend all started on the Thursday evening when the group had a
meal together, various gifts were exchanged, and our Irish friends explained
the wonderful list of events that had been planned for us.
We were up and out by 10am on the Friday, a
fabulous day at Blarney Castle. Many of us felt
inclined to kiss the ‘Blarney Stone’, however,
not many of us realised it was at the top of
the castle. But we joined the queue and as we
moved up into the castle, to queue around the
ledge until it was our turn.
Right hand there, left hand there, sit down, lean
back and extend your arms over your head, pull
yourself towards the stone and kiss it. Then we
were quickly pulled back again before having the
time to look down – a long way down as the stone
was on the outer wall of the castle.
Whilst walking around the grounds, we had the real pleasure of meeting the
Local Sergeant – Aiden O’Connell who very kindly walked with our group.
We came across a ‘poison garden’, this contained many poisonous plants
including cannabis which was covered in a wire frame – some jokingly say it
was electrified.
Kissing the Blarny Stone
POLICE WORLD
Vol 62 No. 1, 2017
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