Áras an Phiarsaigh on a sunny snowy day last week.
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Christmas in Listowel 2024
Every year Listowel.ie decide on a theme for the town and businesses row in behind the initiative.
This year the theme is Fairytale of New York. The idea is that shops would put yellow taxis in their windows and the children will have fun looking for them
Jumbos is first out of the traps.
This might even be Shane and Kirsty singing the theme song.
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How we used to Eat
I am fascinated with the interest people are taking in the old recipes from the ESB book.
These stuffings sound dead posh but when you read the ingredients they are fairly ordinary.
I have eaten goose for Christmas dinner. Potato stuffing was on the menu in my home too.
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One for the Diary
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From an Old Schoolbook
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First of the Flood Pictures
On Saturday, November 23 2023 we woke up to the sound of sirens all over the town. We soon learned that the reason for the commotion was the imminent flooding in the Bridge Road area of town.
The recent heavy snowfall, the rapid rise in temperatures and Storm Bert had caused a literal deluge of water to hit the Feale. A wall of floodwater was heading towards Listowel leaving emergency services with little time to prepare. By the time I got to the Park after 9.00a.m. Bridge Road was already flooded and the water was in the lower part of the park.
In Childers Park looking towards Neodata carpark
Neodata carpark
I’ll bring you more of Saturday’s photos throughtout the week.
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A Fact
The name of the statuette on the bonnet of every Rolls Royce is Spirit of Ecstasy.
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