The Clones dudes have got Jimmy Deenihan to say that the canal to Clones is a great idea.
They haven’t got him to fund it. Or to say where money is to be found (perhaps the Monaghan gold mines?)
Is it kind to keep these chaps hanging on in this way? I blame the department. I begin to suspect that its northsouthery section fears that it will never gain fame and fortune from Tha Boord o Ulster-Scotch (whatever about its companion, Foras na Gaeilge) and is reluctant to kill off its chance of getting its photo in the papers at the ceremonial turning of a sod. Brendan Howlin might usefully direct his department‘s attention to the matter.
Irish waterways history 