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Conkers
They’re nearly ripe. These ones are in the Community Garden by the river.
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Poem about Listowel
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A Ballylongford Tale by Brendan Kennelly
from Shannonside Annual 1956
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A Lovely Memory of a Proud Kerry Man
Letter printed in The Irish Times, October 20 2021. The writer, Gerard Neville, comes from InchWest Listowel. He is now living and teaching in Littleton Thurles, Co Tipperary.
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A Good One
John B. Keane and Aengus Fanning, his friend and editor at The Irish Independent corresponded regularly. Here is an extract from one of John B.s letters.
Dear Aenghus
What father and son were beaten on the same day in Division One National League (football) in Kilkenny?
Kevin Cahalane was beaten by Maurice Fitzgerald in a scrap near the goals and his father was beaten by Alan Kennelly (Brendan’s brother) in a scrap in the stand.
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