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Carroll’s of William Street
On William Street this shop is being renovated and, keeping true to Listowel tradition, attention is being paid to the upper stories.
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First Holy Communion Time
I don’t have a date for this class photo but since its all boys it has to be after Scoil Real na Maidine moved into the new school.
Before the boys moved into their new school they used to go to the convent until communion year and then transfer to the boys school. Marie Gorman kept this lovely souvenir of her First Communion Day. The cohort of boys seems small by comparison with the girls.
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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Listowel in 1972
Joan Kenny and a friend from Dublin, Eileen Kelly, enjoying a wafer ice cream at the fleadh.
Back in the day, you could buy this delicacy in a shop. The shop assistant took a block of ice cream from the fridge and with a big knife, usually kept close by in a jug of cold water, cut a slice of ice cream and put it between two wafers for the customer.
Joan and Eileen appear to have got a very generous slice.
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The Maid of Erin, Then and Now
Mike Hannon shared the old photos. I took the recent one last week, May 2022.
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Official Opening and Blessing of The New Stand
Photos shared by Listowel Races on Facebook.
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Lovely Listowel Shopfront
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A Thought for U.S. Politicians
In the wake of the Uvalde Elementary School massacre, a rabbi posted this thought.
In Judaism there are many actions that are preceded by a prayer. If one says the prayer and then does not do the action, e.g. eat the bread that one has blessed, that is considered a sinful act.
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Pub Theatre returns to John B.’s
Pub theatre has made a welcome return just in time to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of the great dramatist. John B. Keane passed away 20 years ago today.
His spirit and memory is still very much alive, never more so than at this time of year, Listowel Writers’ Week.
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