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"What if you stood on Ireland's longest river while the mist was still on it?"
There is something genuinely strange about standing upright on a river that wide, watching the mist lift off the water while the rest of Ireland is still asleep. The Shannon near Carrick-on-Shannon at dawn is almost absurdly quiet. Your balance will wobble, your brain will focus on nothing but the next stroke, and for once the noise in your head just stops. You find out pretty quickly whether you are someone who panics or someone who laughs when they fall in. Either answer tells you something useful.
Oisín (26), Drogheda — works in logistics at the port, restores old mountain bikes in the shed
I fell in twice before we even got past the bridge at Carrick, and the lad from the club just stood there on his board, completely steady, not saying a word.
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