Please read my write up below the photos first. Thank you.
We (me and Bronte) went for another saunter along the brilliant repurposing railway line or Limerick Greenway. J dropped us off at Barnagh station carpark and she carried on to Tesco's in Newcastle West and arranged to pick us near Templeglantine village.
It was only supposed to be 4.1 Kilometres but it felt a lot further than that. Did you know that an Irish mile is longer than an Irish mile? Google it if you don't believe me.
I passed German and Dutch cyclists and met quite a few Irish cyclists and joggers and hikers along the Greenway.
When we approached the tunnel entrance the electric lights came on. There was metal mesh hanging from the tunnel ceiling.
It felt eerie and I felt like someone or something was watching me. Very strange.
I wondered to myself if people had been killed during the tunnels construction or perhaps there had been a train crash there?
Then I noticed a stone figure/apparition of a woman in one of the escape tunnels that working railway men stood inside when a thundering train passed by.
On leaving the tunnel and read a sign notice board mentioning a resident lady ghost: Moll O' Shaughnessy. Apparently she was good-natured but murdered her husband and child in a blood thirsty rage. She was sentenced to her death and was rolled down the top of a hill in a barrel lined with rusty and sharp nails. Her ghost is said to walk the townland.
Bronte was very tired and it began to rain. A dog barked when we walked to the Templeglantine carpark to meet J.
I intend to walk another section another time. I think I have walked over half of it now.
Fair play to the Limerick and Kerry county councils and the Irish government spending millions of Euros in repurposing these old railway lines.
Leisure is very important.
Hope you liked my walk? We did.
Moll doesn't sound all that good natured to me. (sorry) But her death sentence is brutal. If she haunts the place, Dave, I'd give her wide berth.
ReplyDeleteNot at all Debby. I like how the Greenway researchers have added folklore to a very nice walk. I am really impressed with the repurposed railway line. I will walk another section some time and no doubt write a post about it on here. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSo are you suggesting that it might be a well imagined embellishment to make the place more interesting? The image of a woman in the escape tunnel takes very little imagination to identify however. Looks like a good place for a bike ride - you haven't considered a bike (with a trailer for Bronte) to cover a few more miles have you? I saw labrador riding in a bike trailer at our local hardware store the other day.
DeleteHi Tigger's Mum. It could be a well imagined embellished to make the place more interesting. I am glad you can see the woman with the shawl and long dress in the rock face of the escape tunnel. You can hire bicycles and there is even a bus that will bring your bike back to where you set off or parked your car. The Greenway goes through towns and it's easy to find hotels to stay and pubs and shops for refreshments.
DeleteBeautiful blog
ReplyDeleteBut not as beautiful as you Rajani! I see in your profile that your favourite film is "The Loin King". Is it pornographic?
DeleteThank you Rehana. I enjoyed composing this post.
ReplyDeleteSorry Rajani. Autocorrect changed your name.
ReplyDeleteA barrel lined with metal spikes! Ouch!!!
ReplyDeletePretty painful JayCee. Perhaps there is a ghost train?
ReplyDeleteA ghost. How did Bronte react?
ReplyDeleteBronte's hair never stood up on end Linda. I think the writer in me gives me a vivid imagination.😊
ReplyDeleteYes I enjoyed the walk Dave and it nice to know that an Irish mile is longer than an Irish mile!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the walk YP.
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