Santa Parade in Listowel Sunday December 7 2014
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Scoil Realta na Maidine carol singing In The Square December 5 2014
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Community Centre Fundraising Spinathon December 5 2014
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Memories, memories
Two people wrote to me to give me the names of the people in this photograph.
Beta O’Brien names them as: “Dr Wm Enright (Dentist) Mr Maloney, his Dental mechanic Mrs Enright and daughter Teresa (Dentist) father of Todd( Dentist)”
Liam Enright, formerly of Cahirdown wrote:
In the photo were my grandfather William B., Jim “the Chum” Moloney, my grandmother Sheila, and my aunt, Teresa.
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Boats at Beal 1964
Liam Enright wrote;
I found the photo of the blessing of the boats very interesting . On the left of the photo there is a wheeled vehicle. This is a “DUKW”. It was a type of amphibious troop landing vehicle that was used in large numbers in WW2. They were US made. This one could well have seen action in Normandy or Anzio or some other landing site. I remember seeing that DUKW in Ballybunion. There was great excitement on the men’s beach one day when it drove down the road into the beach and entered the water. I must be getting old because I often asked people if they remember it around Ballybunion and not too many do. It was very interesting to see a photo of it. ……
Anyone know anything about this vehicle?
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Enjoying a Break
My good friends, Anne and Liam Dillon enjoying a weekend break in Cork recently.
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A Corner of Listowel that is forever Chinese
McKenna’s Does Christmas
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Parish Bazaar 2014
(photo; Denis Carroll)
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Nice Christmas Story from Clonmel
(photo and story ;Morning Ireland)
Clonmel, like many Irish towns has suffered a hemorrhage of emigration in recent years. Nowhere is this more noticeable than in local teams where the loss of so many young people often leaves once strong clubs unable to field a team.
Clonmel have hit on an innovative fun event for St. Stephen’s Day. It’s called Home to Hurl and eighteen young men are returning from Australia, the U.S., Britain and Saudi Arabia to take on the team they left behind.
The photo above shows their mammies eagerly awaiting the return of the hurlers.
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On Your Bike, Limerick
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Cork Knits for Simon
(photo: Vibes and Scribes)
Vibes and Scribes is a great Cork knitting and craft supplies shop. This is the scene in the shop this week where many women are knitting caps, socks, gloves and other woolies for rough sleepers and people in the Simon Community hostel.
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The late Jackie Healy Rae
This great photo of the late jackie Healy Rae and supporters was taken by MacMonagle Photographers in Killarney in 2007.
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Savannah McCarthy (of Listowel): the rock on which Irish success is being built
Great writeup in yesterday’s (Dec 8 2014) Irish Times
