
Listowel Pitch and Putt Course Sunday April 13 2025
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Reggie in Ballybunion

Reggie made several trips to Ballybunion while he was on his Kerry holidays. He loved playing with MaCushla

On Saturday morning he befriended a few Dippers. He loves attention.
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Hassle in the Castle

Damien and Joan Stack with Mark Holan
I met Mark in Listowel on Saturday, April 12 2025. Mark is an American Irish journalist and historian. He is a frequent visitor to Ireland. He writes in his Irish American blog about Irish history, politics and current issues. He is a frequent visitor to these parts, visiting both here and Northern Ireland and catching up with relatives in North Kerry.
We had arranged to meet for a quick chat on Saturday. Talk fell to the American Irish Historical Society where Mark was scheduled to give a presentation…
COMING APRIL 21, 2025, “Michael J. O’Brien: Defending Ireland’s Record in America”: US Sen. John Sharp Williams attacked the Irish character in a widely reported October 1919 speech. Michael J. O’Brien of the American Irish Historical Society was drafted to make the reply on behalf of Irish immigrants. Register here for this AIHS online presentation.
This presentation now seens highly unlikely to go ahead as a result of the bitter upheavel taking place at the AIHS.
Listowel’s own Elizabeth Stack was doing an excellent job as CEO at turning around the fortunes of this extremely important but troubled organisation. The board has treated her appallingly badly.
You can read the story in the link below
Irish Echo
https://www.irishecho.com/2025/4/stack-formally-fired-and-locked-out-of-aihs
Mark Holan had interviewed Elizabeth Stack and was aware of her passion for Irish American history and her vision for the society whose significance she recognised and was anxious to restore to its rightful place in the history of our Irish emigrants in the U.S. He was shocked to learn of her dismissal. AIHS holds invaluable archival materials.
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Another Popular Old Poem

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Annual Walk

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A Fact
Iceland’s parliament is the oldest active parliament in the world. It is active since AD930.
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