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Best Dressed Couples
Listowel Races this year introduced a new fashion event. This saw men and women dressing up as a co-ordinated couple. The venue was sponsored by Lyrath Estate Hotels. This company has a very strong Listowel Connection.
The judge on the day was Elaine Kinsella, a broadcaster with a very strong Listowel Connection.
The llama wasn’t helping her with the judging and since he was on his own he wasn’t eligible for the couples competition so he took a minute off from entertaining the children to allow his use as a prop for Instagram.
Gillian and Raymond Gilbourne were every inch the stylish co ordinated couple. They didn’t win.
A couple with a very strong Listowel Connection (and a Kanturk one too) are Barry and Eithne O’Halloran. They didn’t win either. They came second.
Barry was not actually on the island for the competition. He was presenting a prize on behalf of his company.
And the winners were Jacy Ybanez (Tralee) and Brian O’Connor (Abbeyfeale) with an outfit described by the people in the know as “fashion forward”.
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Pres. Girls Reunion
Hard to believe that these lovely ladies graduated from Presentation Secondary School in the early 1960s.
They chatted and reminisced ’til early morning
Miriam Kiely and Mary Sobieralski on their way to the reunion.
Mary and Marlene hadn’t met since they left school.
It was a great night for remembering and reconnecting.
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Harvest Festival 1994
Listowel Harvest Festival made a welcome return to town this year. Will it ever match the fun we had on the streets in 1994. Junior Griffin kept the brochure
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