Oileáin 500

[DaveWalsh]

Let the party begin. Oileáin has reached 500 !
Knotman reports that he witnessed a lady (well, Eileen Murphy, to be truthful) swim ashore onto Foze Rock Small V164-904, 1km NE of Foze Rock Great) in 2004 on the second day of the ISKA meet to the Blaskets. This was not reported at the time. Nor did anybody else do that that I can find out. Yet. Even the Ceann Dubh said any sensible person wouldn\'t get within a mile of it ......
Another party claimed another oversight on my part, in Waterford.
I thank everyone for their input.
Nevertheless, I decree that Eileen\'s effort means that Samphire Island Little off Fenit, landed last Sunday 9th August 2009, is Oileáin\'s 500th. That may not be entirely logical, but I have never seen the point in having power and not abusing it ?
Fenit forever, Saint Brendan forever, Samphire forever, and Sam Maguire always in Kerry.
DWalsh
P.S. Pete Hennessen taught everyone on a WISKA meet about a month ago about Rock Samphire and Marsh Samphire - eat the former, eschew the latter. I dedicate the coincidence of the 500th island name to him, splendid fellow, and I don\'t care what everyone says about him.

[EMurphy]

Dave


Guilty your honour of most unladylike behaviour swimming onto a godfordaken rock in the middle of the ocean and clinging limpet like to get ashore. Even worse..... most unladylike attire and not even a burkina in sight!
Apologies for not reporting this to the \"Lord of the Isles\" at the time.....July 2006 and not July 2004 as Knotman reported to you from his Transatlantic hideaway.

Eileen

[knotman2]

As EM wrote : \"a godforsaken rock in the middle of the ocean\", our Little Foze Rock.
Suggestion : as an Irish antipodean to Rockall, why not call it Fuckall!
Excuse the full spelling, but it just didn\'t look right as F---all. Sennen :laugh:

[knotman2]

WALSH ISLAND.
What a pity this didn,t qualify as the 500 island !http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walsh_Island Sennen

[DaveWalsh]

Eileen

Pirate Queens are notable for never wanting anyone to know where they are going to be next, so it is presumably instinctive with them not to volunteer where they’ve been. Your failure to report Foze Junior in a timely manner is therefore forgiven, pardoned, overlooked even, in all the circumstances.

DWalsh

PS What\'s a \"burkina\"? Sounds like a tantalising cross between a burka and a bikini ? Mmmmmmmm.......

[EMurphy]

Dave

The attached link should answer all those questions ......
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 793574.ece

Eileen

[mikemcnally]

\"Hear hear\" ! ! somebody making a bit of sense.. :cheer: