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October 2nd - October  7th 2008 : Official Opening Party at La Bastide des Lavandieres
Paddy & Phyllis O'Neill from Galway at the opening partyNoella & Sean O'Neill from Galway at the la Bastide opening partyAiden Cunniffe & Martin Collins from GalwayJohn McGrath , Noel O'Loughlen & Cathleen Connole from Roscommon , Clare & GalwayNiall & Ann Geraghty from GalwayAoife Geraghty from GalwayCathleen Connole from Clare with Christine McGrath from RoscommonSharon Collins with her mother June Cunniffe from GalwaySissil from Tipperary via Norway & Frances Hough from LondonMartin Hough from London but still definitely a Tipperary man from Lorrha !Ciara O'Neill with Martin CollinsCiara O'Neill with Sharon CollinsJoe Geraghty tries out the hammock for size !John McGrath tries out the Kids Play AreaAnn Geraghty in charge of the barbecueMartin Hough - "Cheers !"Liz & Tony wonder will Martin ever let go of the bottle & fill up their glassesMartin takes over the barbecue dutiesJohn , Paddy & Noel enjoying the barbecueJoe gives the barbecue "some juice"Niall , Orla & Aoife Geraghty with Ciara O'NeillDJ Joe gets the crowd goingLiz can hardly wait for the Champagne to be opened !Noel proves that he is no stranger to a microphone with a few well chosen words Roselyne Genty cuts the tape & declares La Bastide des Lavandiéres officially openIt's Champagne time everyone !Ciara & Fiona with Noella & Sean O'NeillAoife & CiaraSerge gets in the party moodShayne & Kevin O'Neill"More Champagne ?"Niall , Aoife & CiaraCiara & Martin have the first waltz of the eveningNow they're all out waltzing - Noel & Chris in action on the dancefloor"The Band"Noella & Madeline O'Neill with Fiona , Ciara & CaoimheSerge , Martin , Kevin & ShayneJune , Sharon & RoselyneMartin tries out the new swimming pool at midnight"Go On - Get back in there !""He didn't need much encouragement - Did He !""Get Out you Fool!"Shayne - One cool dude !Martin finally out of the pool tries to create a splash on the dancefloor instead .Christina & John give Fred & Ginger a run for their money !John , Martin & PaddyCathleen takes a break from the dancingNoel , Serge & RoselyneShayne shows his stuff on the dancefloorThe Band in actionMartin , Frances , Sissil , Christine & NoelNoel & Martin in action on the dancefloorNoel goes solo with his version of the brush dance... & Serge shows that the French can dance too !"Have you lost weight there John ?""The Blues Brothers" - Joe & PaddyMadeline & Phyllis have a waltz together owing to a shortage of good male dancersNext Day - Joe works off his hangover with another strenuous session of stretching out in the hammockNiall & Aoife try out the swings in the kids play areaCiara has a go on the slide while Aoife looks on"Who's winning ?"Shayne tries out some of the children's toysPaddy takes a breakUnlike Martin Aoife likes to do her swimming in warm sunshineJoe proves again that when it comes to stretching out on anything he's an expert . Niall didn't do to badly eitherCiara on a visit to nearby PalavasThe coastal resort town of Palavas is well worth a visitChurch in Palavas"mmm chocolate !"Dinner in MonobletSharon & Aiden at dinner in MonobletNoel with Noella & Fiona2 Genertions - Agnes & her mother enjoying dinner in MonobletOur youngest & oldest guests togetherCiara soaks up the sunshineMore table soccerKevin & Sharon getting the last of the French sunshine before returning to the Irish Winter"C'mon Joe - outa that hammock now . It's time to go home !"
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