Inniskeen Road: July Evening Multi-Cache
Inniskeen Road: July Evening
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Below are the immortal words of the legendary poet Patrick Kavanagh about his home village of Inniskeen.
This cache gives the finder the opportunity to explore the village.
Inniskeen Road: July Evening
The bicycles go by in twos and threes -
There's a dance in Billy Brennan's barn to-night,
And there's the half-talk code of mysteries
And the wink-and-elbow language of delight.
Half-past eight and there is not a spot
Upon a mile of road, no shadow thrown
That might turn out a man or woman, not
A footfall tapping secrecies of stone.
I have what every poet hates in spite
Of all the solemn talk of contemplation.
Oh, Alexander Selkirk knew the plight
Of being king and government and nation.
A road, a mile of kingdom, I am king
Of banks and stones and every blooming thing.
Inniskeen, officially Inishkeen (Irish: Inis Caoin, meaning "peaceful island")is a small village and parish in County Monaghan, close to the County Louth and County Armagh borders. It is located about 17 km from Dundalk and 12 km from Carrickmacross and 5 km from Crossmaglen
Kavanagh was born on the 21st of October 1904, in the village of Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. His father was a shoemaker and had a small farm of land. At the age of thirteen Kavanagh became an apprentice shoemaker. He gave it up 15 months later, admitting that he didn't make one wearable pair of boots. For the next 20 years, Kavanagh would work on the family farm before moving to Dublin in 1939.
In the early 1960's, he visited Britain and USA. In 1965, he married Katherine Malony. He died in 1967 from an attack of bronchitis. Kavanagh's reputation as a poet is based on the lyrical quality of his work, his mastery of language and form and his ability to transform the ordinary into something of significance
Patrick Kavanagh died in Dublin on 30th November 1967, bringing to a close the life of one of Ireland's most controversial and colorful literary figures
I would recommend parking at the carpark waypoint. The given coordinates bring you to the final resting place of Patrick Kavanagh. There is an engraved stone on his grave. you will need to note the number of words on each of the four lines and call them ABCD.
For stage 2 you will need to go to 54 00.(B-A)CC 006 34.(B+D)D((B+C)-A) Here you will find a micro container with the coordinates for the final location. Please do not remove the coordinates from the container. You can drive to a slightly closer parking area for stage 2 but I would recommend walking as you are taking a short circular walk which brings you back to the given carpark coordinates. You will be passing the monastery and round tower of Saint Daigh on the way round to Stage 2. The S2 IP is not in the grounds of the monastery.
To get to Ground Zero simply follow the Fane walk from Stage 2, take care to avoid flying golf balls from the nearby pitch and putt course 
Your will be following the course of the Fane river so take care especially with younger cachers.
Once you've logged the find you can exit the walkway by the nearby gate, turn right and from there it's a very short walk back to the given carpark waypoint.
The walkway can be very busy by times so please take care at stage 2 and GZ when replacing the cache containers
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