Dough Mamma, A Success Story

Listowel library in September 2024

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Dough Mamma, a Success Story

William Street, Listowel on Monday Sept 2 2024, a signwriter at work

Martin Chute painting the Dough Mamma sign

As I was taking my photo, a young man came up beside me. He was also taking a photo. As we admired Martin’s work, he told me that he was the proprietor of Dough Mamma. So he obliged me by going across the street to pose for a snap with Ireland’s best signwriter.

The owner of the business (sorry, I don’t have his name) had never heard of me so here is a reminder of my visit to Dough Mamma during last year’s Food Festival food trail.

Important Update:

The owner of Dough Mamma is Eoin Foran from Irremore. Thank you to everyone who told me.

I looked up Dough Mamma on Facebook, searching in vain for his name, and I read this about the story so far.

“What a journey it has been. 3 years today I sold my first pizza and 2 years the restaurant is opened. It’s no longer just about the food here at Dough Mamma but the craic and good vibes we have week in week out which we love. What started out as a simple idea has grown much more than I could have ever hoped for and I am proud of it. I want to thank everyone who has been a part of this journey, some of who are pictured here, from buying a pizza to covering a shift to hanging a picture. You have all played your part in creating the Dough Mamma you all love. Here’s to striving towards continued growth and always improving.”

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Hankies

Did you used to always have a hanky in your pocket? If you didn’t, then you are a spring chicken. Us, oldies, never left home without one. My family used to have these children’s ones.

They were so much better and more beautiful, but so less hygienic than today’s dull tissues.

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A Talented Musician with a Listowel Connection

This is Liam ÓCeallaigh, grandson of Matt Mooney. Liam is a champion whistle player, piper and sean nós singer, and also a TG4 actor.

Photo and information from Neil Brosnan.

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A Fact

There are quite a few colourful phrases in Irish for being drunk.

I’m not condoning drunkenness, just marvelling at the inventive descriptions we had for what used to be a much more common sight.

ag stealladh na ngrást….so drunk that you are pouring out compliments all round.

caoch ar meisce…literally blind drunk

Bhí an hata ar a leathcheann aige…his hat was skeoways on his head .

Bhí an dá thaobh den bhóthar aige…He was from side to side on the road, literally, he had the two sides of the road.

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