
Main Street and Church Street
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A Poem from One of my Favourite anthologies
One of my favourite poems too


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Spending St. Patrick’s Day in Phuket

Mary Sobieralski spent St Patrick’s day 2024 with Mark and Jacqueline in sunny Phuket.
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Meanwhile in Listowel


St. Patrick was meeting and greeting.


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Corkisms (and probably Kerryisms too)
A fellow Kanturk man, Stephen Twohig, who now lives abroad made a list of some of the many colourful idioms he only hears when he is at home.
” A Birdie··, a kiss.
“A beeor” a girl or lady.
“Belt away”, carry on.
“Break your melt”, to try your patience. “Bubbillah” a shortened version of “Boy will you”
” C’mere”, Come here will you.
“Cat” or “Catma]ogen”, something bad or negative.
“A Caffler”, a troublemaker or “Gurrier”.
“Chalk it down”, I agree with you.
“Cog”, is to copy your homework from someone else.
“Compo” a way of earning money from a bad string of luck and a remarkable
recovery.
“A dawk” is a punch or dig.
“Daycent”, decent.
“A Darby , a small whiskey.
“Deflicks”, the movies
“Doonchie” or “dounchy” means something small and usually smaller than
“twinchey”
“Don’t be codding me”, fooling me.
“A Dote”. a lovely person
“Ecca”, is homework.
“A feen”, is a boy or man.
“A fifty”, is to be stood up on a date.
” A flah”, is someone very attractive.
” Flahed out,” exhausted.
“A funt, is a kick.
“‘Gatch” is a particular way of walking.
To ”Gawk “at something is to stare at it. Usually a “beoor”.
Grade” and ”spondoolicks” is money.
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A Fisherman Remembered
Story and pictures from Christy Halpin on Facebook



Earlier this month a small ceremony of dedication was held by North Kerry Anglers Association. The ceremony was to dedicate a plaque by the river to a fisherman whose favourite place was this stretch of The Feale.
Tom Galvin passed away two years ago. He is remembered by his fishing friends.
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Another dive into an old Yearbook


These are the girls who put together the yearbook in 1989.
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A Fact
Smoking tobacco was introduced into Europe by a Spanish physician, Francisco Fernandes …in 1558….yes, 1558!
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