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Ambitious Plans for the Cinema
Article from last week’s Kerryman
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A Few More Photos from St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2022
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From an old Pres. Yearbook
In 2009 Aoife O’Neill, Aoife O’Connell and Maria Barry interviewed Sr. Consolata for the yearbook. Here is her account of her life in her own words.
(more tomorrow)
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The window in Listowel Saint Vincent de Paul Shop captures the theme of this year’s St. Patrick’s festival well. This year the theme was The Greenway so bicycles, scooters and shanks’ mare were the preferred modes of transport. Other floats concentrated on the great outdoors, with sights and experiences available along the Greenway. Everywhere we were reminded of the war in Ukraine.
One of the highlights of the parade and of every parade in Listowel is the Convent School marching band. In a poignant gesture to their fellow children suffering in Ukraine, the girls adorned their caps with ribbons in the Ukraine colours.
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Some Photos from St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2022
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A Rare Piece of old Film
a Man called Grant Millar shared a great piece old cottage of a fair day in Listowel in 1956 on the Listowel and North Kerry Facebook page.
Here are a few screenshots Christy Halpin took from it.
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Take a look at this. Thankfully the tree fell into the river so n o damage was done to person or property.
If you were wondering why they are cutting down old and diseased trees, here’s your answer.
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The Story of a Cairn
In Gurthenare in the farm of Mr. Quilter there are still to be seen the remains of a monastery called Kilcara, built by St. Carthage. One of the monks (Franciscans) belonging to that monastery was murdered by Cromwell’s soldiers + tradition has it that he was buried in “Mickey’s Field” in the farm of Wm. Dowling of Kiltomey bounding Gurthenare + Kilcara.
A pile of stones was raised over the grave + up to forty years ago everyone, old + young, threw a stone on the pile when passing so strong was the tradition then. Three people, two of whom are still living heard stones rattling there late one night as they were going home from a friend’s house. The noise was such as would be made when emptying a load of stones out of a car.
This story appears in the Clandouglas school’s folklore page. It was recorded by Michael O’Connell, aged 65, a farmer.
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The signs are fading but Covid is still with us.
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Praying for Peace with the People of Ukraine
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A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer’s Assistant
Jer Kennelly found an old play programme.
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1930s Listowel
8 Church Street Listowel , Co. Kerry
Photo copyright; Tipperary Studies Photographs of Munster Shops
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From Presentation School Yearbook 1991
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Some Famous Faces at Writers’ Weeks Past
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Listowel Shop in the 1930s
Galvin’s of William Street Listowel.
Another lovely old photo from the good folk at Tipperary Photos of Munster.
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Pres Magazine 1991
Presentation girls pay tribute to one of our iconic local writers.
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Then and Now
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Remembering Past Writers’ Weeks
This is a lovely photo from a few years ago of Writers Week stalwarts, Billy Keane, Noreen Buckley, Nora Relihan and Mike Lynch.
Writers’ Week 2022 will run from June 1 to June 5 2022
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Another Dan Keane Limerick
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Rural Electrification
This is the book I am currently reading. It is a beautifully written story based in Co. Clare.
I grew up listening to stories of The Shannon Scheme and the coming of the electric light, so the neighbourhood depicted in the book is not as alien to me as it probably is to most of today’s readers.
Then in my trawl through my stash old old school magazines I found this apt essay,
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Ard Churam needs your help
Fundraising is central to both sustaining and growing the facilities and services on offer within Ard Chúram. As a beneficiary we have been afforded a wonderful opportunity to raise capital as we strive to pay for our purpose build facilities which represent a haven of support for our clients, their families and their carers.
It is for that reason we are seeking your support; we are asking you to choose Ard Chúram Dementia Centre as your designated charity and pedal it out for us on Saturday, July 2nd.
If you can help you’ll find al the details on the Ard Churam Facebook page.
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