Listowel Connection

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Horse chestnut tree, Knockanure Vintage Day 2017, Ballybunion and the Florida Rose in Town

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On August 28, 2017

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Lovely Kerry Bridge

Photo; Ita Hannon

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Magnificent Listowel Horse chestnut Tree




This beautiful tree is located at the gate of Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail.

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Knockanure Vintage Day 2017

Sunday August 20 was the date chosen for the annual Vintage Day in Knockanure. It must have been one of the worst days of a summer memorable for bad days. However a few brave souls ventured abroad and of these Elizabeth Brosnan and Jer took a few photos.

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Hydrangeas at Coláiste na Ríochta

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Upper Church Street

At the corner by Ballygologue Road

St Michaels’ College

I met these lovely girls after their summer camp in Listowel.

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A Blustery Day in Ballybunion 

While I had my two lovely boyeens with me for their Kerry holiday we decided to brave The Cliff Walk on a day so windy it was fit for little else but walking.

The windswept boys viewed the incoming clouds.

We encountered a band of brave souls coming in the opposite direction. They were the U.S branch of the Kissane family who were in town for their clan gathering.

We could watch sea erosion at work before our eyes.

We briefly sheltered in this shepherds’ cottage.

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Up the Kingdom


Elizabeth with her Rose of Tralee escort.



Elizabeth with her mom, Mary Kay and her sister Sarah



At a reception in The Seanchaí, Listowel on August 23 2017 Sarah and Elizabeth Marince, granddaughters of the late Tom O’Donoghue of Tanavalla and Pittsburg sang his favourite song

Up The Kingdom





Ballybunion Cliff walk, Bryan MacMahon’s The Golden Folk, and Charles Street then and now

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On February 25, 2016

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 Cliff Walk


On a fine day there is no nicer walk than along the cliffs by Ballybunion. It is an opportunity to observe so many features of sea erosion and to enjoy the bracing sea air. I took this walk with my family recently.


 The walk is accessed by these fairly steep steps.

 If you are a bit tired after the steps, there is a convenient seat with a splendid view of the beach on which to catch your breath before continuing on.

There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile.

He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.

He bought a crooked cat who killed a crooked mouse.

And they all lived together in a crooked little house.

The girls knew the rhyme but they had never seen a stile. I explained to them that the purpose of the stile was to allow pedestrians to pass without their having to open the gate with the danger that it would be left open and animals could escape.

 The Nine Daughters Hole is a fine example of a blow hole.

 These young gulls are fledged but not quite ready to fly yet.

 Ballybunion’s Virgin Rock is an excellent example of a sea arch.

 I presume this to be a herdsman’s stone hut. The girls took a good look but they couldn’t see his toilet!

Four year old legs got a bit tired towards the end.

 Mammy and the older two were well able for this trek and more.


They all had enough energy left for some monkey business in Ballybunion’s lovely playground.


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Listowel Drama Group and Bryan MacMahon’s play The Golden Folk



I dont have the exact date but this play was staged sometime in the 1950s


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Do you Remember This?





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Then and Now

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