It was quite a sedate morning in school, livened from time to time by more of Niall's storytelling (he promises to tell the story of the Wedding Ring tomorrow) and then we headed off to the Poison Glen for an afternoon of adventure.

 

It was another dream day weather wise - a soft wind, a blue sky and just enough cloud to cast interesting shadows on the lake and moody Mount Errigal which looms over the Glen.
There are a number of legendary tales of how such a stunningly beautiful valley should merit a name such as the Poison Glen but my favourite is that of Balor, King of Tory who in pursuit of his daughter's abductor flung  his evil eye into the lake and poisoned it!


Today all eyes, Irish and otherwise, were smiling as the children enjoyed zorbing, pedal boating, kayaking, defying the bronco horse and more.  After a few hours, during which I am afraid they were completely immune to nature's wonders about them, they piled back on the buses, but not without browsing in the little souvenir shop first.
We are in fact one of five schools here, 125 students in all and half of them from St. Kilian's .  They have been mixing really well and so much so that the Talent Show tonight was very much a community event.
For St. Kilian's Ferdinand and Edda played the (temperamental) keyboard, Tadhg strummed the guitar and sang, Maria gave us an Irish song and Ben performed an intriguing dance routine.  They all received standing ovations from everyone.  We won't know the winners until tomorrow but we're very hopeful!
Tomorrow is our last day and already there is much chat about the disco .  We've promised to drop in and share the excitement in the houses beforehand so we'll be able to deliver a blow by blow account of the preparations..
But before that  there is the last morning in school, the ferry trip to Árainn Mhór and the much awaited tale of the Wedding Ring.....