The Ronans

And this is how my car looks today!

Greetings from the heat – Summer has finally arrived and boy is it HOT. We had a scorcher yesterday – it was such that my golfing buddy (a native) decided tp “rain check”. It will be a cooler 30 or so today and then tomorrow we are expecting 42 in the city.

As to Christmas, well I am looking forward to this but am curious as to when the Clonmel Arms came into the picture. I thought that we were going to investigate a new restaurant in the locality. I am sure that all explainations will be given.
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I honestly think I’ve got a bullseye drawn somewhere on my car. I’ve been involved in 2 crashes in 2 weeks! How unlucky is that?

The first one happened in kilkenny on friday the 12th of November, little bit of damage done to car, but thats a story I’m saving for the festive feast on dec 22nd!
And last night, friday the 26th, another accident. will hopefully get a picture of my car up on the website to give you an idea of how my poor car has suffered! The bumper of my car is in our hallway in the house in dublin!

Been playing hockey alot these days, I’m playing for Glenanne Hockey Club in Tallaght (www.glenannesc.ie). We are into the second round of the Irish Junior Cup, we beat Kilkenny 5-1 in the first round. Got matches every weekend, am kept pretty busy!

As for the christmas feast, I’ll look into getting a copy of the menu this weekend (i’m getting a lift home for some TLC from mammy and daddy), and I’ll put it on the website.

Dinner is at 8.30pm in the Clonmel Arms, but everyone is expected in Chez Ronan at 8pm for a pre dinner toast:-)

Hey Pamela, any updates to the ‘Food Fest?’

For everyone out in foreign pastures (even you john) clonmel was hit by the worst floods (ever) last week. Naturally I missed the floods but because I was in Spain. For anyone that knows Clonmel you will understand me when I say it was bad!

All the bridges in clonmel were closed at one stage. On friday Maurice and Daddy were lucky to get to work and they had to go down the lane beside our house down to the Ferryhouse bridge because that was the only place to cross the river. Clonmel town was closed off on thursday, cops were advising people not to travel there!

When I got home saturday afternoon the top of the railing that runs along the quay was barely visible! The town only got back to normal on sunday.

With that I just want to wish our very own Caroline Traenor the best of luck on sunday. She is flying the flag for the Ronan clan in the New York Marathon! Rather her than me:-)