My native land appear....just as you approach the 3km mark

William Rowan Hamilton scientist, mathematician and astronomer had strong links to Trim. Along the route of the Braveheart Run there a a number of Zeppelin like logs with quotations engraved on them.

 Here is one example
Here is one of the many sonnets Hamilton wrote, as he approached Ireland in a paddle-steamer from England.

" My native land, appear! these eyes await
Impatiently thy rising over the bare
Expanse of waters; fondly searching where
Thy fair but hidden form lingers so late..
In thee my homeward thoughts still claim their share,
My hear, my life, to thee are dedicate."