Listowel Connection

This blog is a personal take on Listowel, Co. Kerry. I am writing for anyone anywhere with a Listowel connection but especially for sons and daughters of Listowel who find themselves far from home. Contact me at listowelconnection@gmail.com

Best Dressed Man at Listowel Races 2016, Gogglebox and a new boutique on Market St.

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On September 27, 2016

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Two Famous Listowel Men




Billy Keane and Junior Griffin photographed by Mary McGrath at a surprise birthday party organised by his friends in badminton in John B. Keanes on Friday September 23 2016

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Best Dressed Man Competition 2016


The ladies on the left were the judges of the best dressed man at Listowel Races 2016.  Above they are recruiting a local finalist for their competition.

These are some of the finalists with the judges.

Winner all right!


Will you look at how easy it is for the men. They can rock up in fine comfortable brogues and still win. The unstated dress code for the ladies includes vertiginous heels.

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Wednesday’s and Thursday’s Racegoers


The Best Dressed Man competition took place on Thursday. Here are a few more people who were on The Island on Wednesday or Thursday, enjoying a great day’s racing.

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Meanwhile some people had to work

The couple on the left of this picture came all the way from the U.S. to watch their horse run in Listowel. He obliged; He won.

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Cavan Twins Replace O’Donovans as the Nation’s favourite Brothers



I read this story on Journal.ie and the photo is from there too. Apparently the story goes that there is now a programmme on TV3 in which we are expected to watch people watching television. These farmers, who are twins and live in Cavan, are the stars.

Part of the irony is that they don’t actually like television so they are eloquently dismissive of the programmes they are watching.

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Market Street




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Golfer, Rory McIlroy with Arnold Palmer at Bay Hill. Arnold Palmer, the king of the game passed away recently.

Rory posted this photo on his Twitter feed.


Best Dressed Man at Listowel Races 2016, Gogglebox and a new boutique on Market St.

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On September 27, 2016

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Two Famous Listowel Men




Billy Keane and Junior Griffin photographed by Mary McGrath at a surprise birthday party organised by his friends in badminton in John B. Keanes on Friday September 23 2016

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Best Dressed Man Competition 2016


The ladies on the left were the judges of the best dressed man at Listowel Races 2016.  Above they are recruiting a local finalist for their competition.

These are some of the finalists with the judges.

Winner all right!


Will you look at how easy it is for the men. They can rock up in fine comfortable brogues and still win. The unstated dress code for the ladies includes vertiginous heels.

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Wednesday’s and Thursday’s Racegoers


The Best Dressed Man competition took place on Thursday. Here are a few more people who were on The Island on Wednesday or Thursday, enjoying a great day’s racing.

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Meanwhile some people had to work

The couple on the left of this picture came all the way from the U.S. to watch their horse run in Listowel. He obliged; He won.

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Cavan Twins Replace O’Donovans as the Nation’s favourite Brothers



I read this story on Journal.ie and the photo is from there too. Apparently the story goes that there is now a programmme on TV3 in which we are expected to watch people watching television. These farmers, who are twins and live in Cavan, are the stars.

Part of the irony is that they don’t actually like television so they are eloquently dismissive of the programmes they are watching.

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Market Street




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Golfer, Rory McIlroy with Arnold Palmer at Bay Hill. Arnold Palmer, the king of the game passed away recently.

Rory posted this photo on his Twitter feed.


Still More from Ladies’ Day at Listowel Races 2016

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On September 26, 2016

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These were the finalists. The winner is the lady second from left, Louise Allen from Co Meath.

The winner and the sponsors.

A new phenomenon this year was the hundreds of well turned out teenagers having a day out at Listowel Races.


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A Reminder


Because I got so much reaction to my photo of the derelict convent  I thought you might like to see it in its heyday….heartbreaking!

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A Model Farmer and a Model Maker as well


Michael O’Sullivan is a very talented young farmer from Kanturk. When he is not farming he is making model farms. He took a stand at the Ploughing Championship and there he attracted the attention of some famous visitors.

The Kilkenny camogie players recognised Michael’s G.A.A. pedigree.

MEP, Mired McGuinness was interested in Michael’s farm.

Is that George Lee on the left of this picture?

More from Listowel Races Friday Sept 16 2016

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On September 23, 2016

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Handsome Couples at The Races

And the winners were local couple Anthony McCarthy and Sharon Heffernan.

This handsome pair were the judges.


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More Local People Enjoying Ladies Day

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Ladies Day at The Races is the new Easter Sunday



“In my Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it,

I’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.

I will be in clover, when they look me over……”

So sang Judy Garland. The sentiments in the ditty were echoed on Listowel racecourse on Friday last as hats which were everything from the demure to the brash were paraded for the appraisal of the judges and the amusement or awe of racegoers.


(In some cases I’ve included the outfit so you can get the full picture.)



 Maura Derrane sported a very snazzy pillbox.


This one won. I think the category was the daftest or the jazziest or something.

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Harvest Knots at The Ploughing




You know the way you don’t think about a thing for years. It pops into your mind. You mention it in a blogpost and suddenly it’s everywhere.

My above photo was posted by the Dept of Arts Heritage and The Gaeltacht. It was taken in their stand at The National Ploughing Championships 2016.

At the National Library stand they were helping children to make them. 

More Style from Listowel Races 2016

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On September 22, 2016

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Autumn in Listowel


….Like one that on a lonesome road,

Doth walk in fear and dread

And having once turned round, walks on

And turns no more his head,

Because he knows a fearful fiend

Doth close behind him tread…..

This lonesome road is through Gurtinard Woods early on an Autumn morning 2016

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More Style from Ladies Day 2016


There were some great prizes on offer this year. Many ladies left with lot of loot.

This lady won the prize for the best selfie. Let me tell you a good one. I totally misinterpreted the “best selfie’ category. I presumed that the organisers meant the best as in the most unusual or daft selfie. So I persuaded my friend to pose with me with Seán Bán Breatnach and Joe Stack. These were the closest we could get to celebrities on the racecourse. Ruby Walsh and Máire Derrane were busy. I hope the organisers got a good laugh. We did, anyway, when we realised the selfie was meant to be taken by an entrant in the Best Dressed competition.


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Poem for the day…something completely different




A Dream Within a Dream

By Edgar Allan Poe

Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,

Thus much let me avow —

You are not wrong, who deem

That my days have been a dream;

Yet if hope has flown away

In a night, or in a day,

In a vision, or in none,

Is it therefore the less gone?

All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar

Of a surf-tormented shore,

And I hold within my hand

Grains of the golden sand —

How few! yet how they creep

Through my fingers to the deep,

While I weep — while I weep!

O God! Can I not grasp

Them with a tighter clasp?

O God! can I not save

One from the pitiless wave?

Is all that we see or seem

But a dream within a dream?

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