The mobile phone coverage is bad in this valley therfore no internet available, make sure you save any info you may need on your device before you go.
This is a simple single stage multicache on the R335 between Louisburgh and Leenaun.
The Congested Districts Board was established by Arthur J. Balfour, M.P., the Chief Secretary for Ireland, in 1891 to alleviate poverty and the congested living conditions in the west and parts of the north-west of Ireland.
The C.D.B. was part of the Conservative policy of 'Constructive Unionism' or 'killing Home Rule with kindness'. It's purpose was to alleviate poverty by paying for public works, such as building piers for small ports on the west coast, roads, to assist fishing, modernising farming methods or sponsoring local factories to give employment and stop emigration from Ireland.
This road was built in 1896 and at the coordinates there is a plaque to commerate its construction. It is hard to imagine there was no road here previous to then and that made the walk by the victims of the Doolough tragedy seem all the more difficult. Indeed it was events like that the probably forced the government to create the Congested Districts Board.
In order to find the real location of the container all you have to do is read the text on the plaque make a note of the frequency of each letter in the formula below, then substitute the number for each letter. Number of E's, V's, A's etc...
N53°38.EVA W09°45.BNH
Check sum E + V + A + B + N + H = 24
Please reseal the container properly.
