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Harry Blaney Bridge Multi-cache

Hidden : 5/28/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


Hyskeir (Oigh Sgier) Lighthouse viewed from close to the landing steps!

Harry Blaney Bridge.

The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but there you will find parking and information boards.  Answers gleaned from both of the boards will lead you to the final cache.

The Harry Blaney Bridge is Donegal’s longest bridge.  It spans Mulroy Bay between the Rosguill and Fanad peninsulas.  It is named after the Donegal independent politician, T.D. Harry Blaney who secured its construction by supporting the Irish Government of 1997 under the then Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.  In earlier years, from around the 19th century, a ferry travelled back and forth between these peninsulas but this service ceased in the mid 1960s.  Without the ferry the distance to get from Carrigart on the Rosguill peninsula to Fanad took about an hour by car, hence the need for the bridge, which measures 340m and only takes a few minutes to cross. Construction of the bridge commenced in 2007 and it was completed, at a cost of some €20 million, on the 18th November 2008.  The bridge was opened on the 15th May 2009 by the former Taoiseach Brian Cowan.

The cache is magnetic and can be found at: N55 11.ABC W 007 45.DEF

It contains only a log, so please bring a pen.

A = The total population of the Fanad peninsula recorded in the 2011 census:  3rd digit.

B = The year that causeways were built connecting Roy Island to the Rosguill peninsula:  2nd digit – 4th digit.

C = The year that the Fanad Lighthouse was built:  2nd digit

D = The number of fishing lakes in Fanad x 2.

E = The number on the map of Ballywhoriskey Pier.

F = The numbers on the map of Pollaid Great Arch - Fanad Lighthouse. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Yrngort.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)