
In Listowel Town Square in May 2025
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Trust That Inner Voice

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A Visitor’s Perspective
Carmel Hanrahan returned to her beloved Listowel at the May holiday weekend 2025. She took a stroll in the park and sent us a few photos.

River Feale

Beautiful tree in the park

Macushla was happy to pose for Listowel Connection.
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The National Stud
A highlight of any trip to my Kildare family is time spent in The National Stud.

Princess Aoife enjoyed having two doting grannies for a change.

The National Stud is not just all about horses. The gardens too are absolutely gorgeous.

This is just one of the many artistic interpretations of equine life you will encounter around every corner here.

There are marvellous sculptures dotted around the grounds. This toff has a very colourful history. Our well informed guide filled us in about this former owner of this magnificent estate.

This sculpture commemorates the visit of the Queen Elizabeth. The late queen loved horses and she thoroughly enjoyed her visit here.


It is unusual to have a monument to a living champion. Invincible Spirit is an exception. This most successful horse is now in retirement in the Living Legends Paddock . We saw him in the flesh later on on our guided tour.



I hope I got the right horse here!
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For My Kanturk Friends

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A Fact
The name Venezuela derives from the Italian word Veneziola meaning little Venice.
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