Millenium Arch in April 2023
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Good Friday Walk for the Hospice
Good Friday in Listowel is always a day for sponsored walking in aid of the hospice. Participants assembled at St. Patrick’s Hall on April 7 2023.
There were bicycles, dogs, prams, fast walkers, slow walkers and every pace in between. Many were remembering a lively presence on other year’s walks. Some were remembering loved one’s lost since the last walk and there were walkers who are living with cancer, and many whose cancer journey is thankfully behind them.
Back at base, a party was being prepared for the returning walkers.
On Charles Street I caught up with a few who started late.
They kindly posed for me at the Gaelscoil gate.
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Fred’s Seat
Fred Chute R.I.P. loved the river Feale. I took this photo of Fred with his dog as he walked in one of his favourite places.
This is the seat his family and friends have dedicated to his memory just a little further along that same road.
Fred was my neighbour and friend and a huge supporter of everything I did here and in print. Listowel’s streets are the poorer for his passing.
May he rest in peace.
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Calling all Quizzers
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Spring Horse Fair
On Thursday April 6 2023 we had a fair on Market Street, Listowel. There were a few horses to justify the name but, in fact, there were as many goats and dogs as horses. I saw no farmyard poultry but there was lots of tack, saddles and horsey knick knacks.
I won’t mention the horrendous traffic disruption with road closures still ongoing as work continues on the bypass.
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Par 3 at Augusta Masters 2023
Doting dad, Rory McElroy, watches as his daughter, Poppy, gives Ivy Lowry a hug during the family Par 3 event before the Masters 2023.
Things went downhill from there. The Par 3 family day may hold Rory’s best memories of The Master 2023.
Photo shared on Facebook.
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A Fact
In 1555, Ivan the Terrible had St. Basil’s Cathedral constructed in Moscow. He was thrilled with the splendid result. He ordered that the two architects responsible be blinded so that they never build anything so beautiful again. He wasn’t called terrible for nothing.
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