In The National Stud

Bee at work;

Photo: Mick O’Callaghan

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Changes

Dough Mamma on Lower William Street in August 2024.

Here are some of the previous iterations of that premises.

Europe

Off the Square Café

Oscar Wilde

Lizzy’s Little Kitchen

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Resilience in a Poem

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In The National Stud

Aoife is a regular visitor to The National Stud. She introduced me to this magical place.

It isn’t all about horses. Aoife’s favourite part is the playground.

There are really famous horses at close range.

There are magnificent gardens and flowers all around.

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William Street Mural

People loved yesterday’s photos of Cora posing with the beautiful murals. Here is another one.

I’m waiting for the artists names. When all the GDPR hurdles are jumped I hope to bring the names to you.

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Down Memory Lane

Sr. Patricia’s class in Listowel Girls Primary School 1971

Front: Mary O’Flaherty, Siobhán O’Shea, Maura Walsh, Bridget O’Brien, Kathleen Dillon, Geraldine Kenny, Breda Sugrue R.I.P. Deirdre Sullivan

Middle: Theresa Conway, Kathleen Curtin, Margaret Doyle, Isobel O’Dowd, Joan Loughnane, Anne Costello, Margaret Canavan, Bernadette Costello

Back: Marie Scanlon, Margo Kennedy, Cora Stack, Marie O’Sullivan, Marie Stack, Veronica Corridan, Eileen Kennelly and Bernadette Walsh

Thank you very much to all who helped with the naming the girls.

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A Fact

The music video Gangnam Style was so popular it broke YouTube’s view counter. The view counter had to be upgraded as a result.

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