BENCHMARKS
continued
The
story of how the life-force that is M.C. bagged this one, on an outhouse in the
townland of Cullaghreeva near Pass If You Can in west County Dublin,
would rival that of the Odyssey. Suffice to relate here is that it
involves a good number of invitations to partake of effusions of the
leaf of the tea plant accompanied by lectures on the scientific
principles of benchmarking. Should you ever be so fortunate as to
encounter him, perambulating gently along with head low as he
scrutinises the lower stones of a wall in some far-flung townland or
barony, beseech him gently to relate it. Should his ceaseless
searching allow him occasion to oblige, your reward will be to be
refreshed immeasurably in spirit and convinced of the inherent
goodness of human fellowship that benchmark hunting engenders.
Below:
The 'mark in the townland of Cullaghreeva, County Dublin.
Above:
A view of the outhouse in Cullaghreeva with the 'mark on the bottom
corner of the wall.
