Cowbooter Lane
At the given co-ords there is a plaque which was erected in 2010 on the first anniversary of the death of Leslie Ó Laoi on 17 April 2009, by the Howth Peninsula Heritage Society. It was in tribute to Leslie Ó Laoi's lifelong dedication to heritage and culture of Howth. Mr Ó Laoi took it upon himself to put up a laminated sign at this spot, replacing it regularly over the years as he thought walkers who use the lane would appreciate some knowledge of its history.
Further info. on the lane are on the related web page provided at the top of the cache page. This includes info on the origins of the lane's name and its' differnt names down the years incl. Hospital Lane when In 1832 a cholera epidemic broke out in Dublin. It also includes info on the lane's importance to The Fianna who were charged with protecting Ireland from invasion using the lane in traveling between Balscadden and Howth Summit plus other historical facts about the lane including the murder of Kay Boyne in 1948.
The Cache
Read the plaque to gather the numbers for the formula below.
- It says the lane "features prominently in the folk-tale "Village Ghosts" first published in the Scots Observer in ????" Let the year be ABCD
- It also mentions W.B.Yeats, celebrated poet and playwright..."Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in ????" Let the year be EFGH
Input your numbers into the following formula to find the cache
N53 22.BG[F-H] W006 03.[C/2][B-G-A][D-E-H]