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

Tag: 53 Church Street

An Fear Marbh, Ring of Kerry Cycle,Listowel Courthouse and The Barber in Church St.

An Fear Marbh



Photo: Seán Mac an tSíthigh on Twitter

I have always called this island An Fear Marbh, meaning dead man.  From a distance it resembles a corpse as it is traditionally laid out (os cionn cláir). However I am told that local people,  being aware of  the sensitivities of tourists around the subject of death, usually refer to this place as The Sleeping Giant. Whatever you call it it is supremely beautiful on a June evening in summer 2018.

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Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle



Rhona Tarrant who posted this was just one of the many hardy souls who took part in this great event again this year.

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Listowel Courthouse is getting  a lick of paint this week

It will look lovely when it is finished.

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The Barber at 53 Church Street


This building looks absolutely lovely now. Joe and Aoife have done a really stylish makeover of this roomy premises. The no-nonsense business like exterior with its “it does what it says on the tin” title is softened by the upstairs fun bubbles. Aoife and Joe are lovely. They deserve to do very well

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A Word about Croatia and the World Cup 2018



(From Twitter)

When he was 6, his grandfather was shot dead.

His family became refugees, in a warzone.

He grew up to the sound of grenades exploding.

Coaches said he was too weak and too shy to play football.

On Sunday Luka Modric will lead Croatia to its first ever#WorldCupfinal.

AND

Croatia is the only team in the World Cup 2018 which is managed by a woman. AND she earns less than half of what the Irish manager earns.

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Shadows Lengthen as the Sun Declines




Hanna Sheehy Skeffingtom, Learning English in Ireland and Entertaining summer visitors

North Kerry Sunset June 2018

Photo: Mike Enright

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Will They ever Come Home?


This summer I’m doing a spot of dog sitting while Molly’s family is away. This is herself last week when they were only gone for a few hours.

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Things you learn on Twitter



When Hanna Sheehy married Francis Skeffington in 1903, they each took the other’s surname as a gesture in support of equal status for women. Good idea?

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Believe it of Not



A photograph tweeted by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Friday from the EU summit in Brussels showed him beside three of his counterparts, each of whom spent a portion of their formative years in Ireland. 

In the tweet, Mr Varadkar mentioned his “pre-dinner chat with the three prime ministers who spent time in Ireland learning English as school kids”, referring to Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez, Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel.

Source: Irish Times on line

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If you are going to the beach in the evening you must bring a hurley and sliotar. 


I love a night at The Kingdom Greyhound Track with my young visitors.



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Make Hay While the Sun Shines


Photo: Bridie Murphy

Hay and Tae in Bromore on July 1 2018. That’s Micheal Flahive atop the wynnd.

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The Barber Opening Today

July 5 2018 sees the opening of a new business at 53 Church Street.

The lovely Aoife welcomed me and my visitors inside for a quick look around. They have done a lovely job with the refurbishment

Aoife, Aisling and Carine beside the lovely feature fireplace.

The old range is looking good as new.

The long gallery will be the work area.

Visitors to this lovely place are welcomed by a flagstone bearing the lines from John B. Keane’s The Street.

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