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: Jim Halpin

1966 Listowel schoolboys, Duagh Sports Complex and Irish soldiers who fell in WW1 and WW2 remembered

This is another great photo from Dan Doyle’s album. Scoil Realt na Maidine 1966.

Would it be The Country team from the town league?

Dan is second from left at the back.

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Then and Now

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This little corner of the world is getting a facelift these days.

Flavins is nearly done and The Harp and Lion repainting job has just started.

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Remember these?

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They’re making progress building their sports complex in Duagh.

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This is the old girls Primary school being demolished. Denis Carroll took the photo.

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Denis Carroll took this  photo in Listowel on Armistice Day. 

NKRO in conjunction with Listowel Military Festival would like to make contact with people whose relatives died in either of the two world wars, with a view to collecting their stories, photographing their memorabilia and commemorating them.

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Veterans-Day-Lest-we-forget–The-Irish-who-died-in-World-War-One-133702923.html?utm_campaign=opt-tweets&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_flow

Above is a link to an Irish Central article on the Irish who gave their lives to redress injustice in the world. The fallen young men included my late husband’s uncle.

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Battlefield at The Somme

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http://mykerryancestors.com/kerrys-world-war-1-dead/

Above is a link to Kay Caball’s post about Kerry casualties in WW1

St. Patrick’s Day in Listowel

I am sharing with you photos of some people whom I encountered out and about on St. Patrick’s Day in Listowel.

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And some photos of the parade

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Photographer, Paul Woods, has some tasteful pictures of Georgia Salpa’s visit to Listowel here:

https://listowelconnection.com/2012/03/georgia-salpa-in-listowel-mermaids-co.html

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This is an announcement for country music fans. Joe Harrington sends us details of his very popular country and Irish music show:

Hope you had a Mighty St Patrick’s Day.  Now for those who want more things Irish…

Joe’s Country Kingdom is coming at 8pm (Irish Time)!!!  

on www.irishcountrymusicradio.com 
(broadcasting Country and Irish music 24/7)  

Tune in to-night, and every Tuesday night, from 8pm to 11pm (Irish time) 

See below for the corresponding time in your area.

Delighted to play your requests or hear from you about anything at all. 
Would love to know in 
what part of the world you are listening to us.

Below you will find a list of the times Joe’s Country Kingdom will be on in a number of time zones.
If there are any errors (due to local time variations etc) please let me know. 

Talk to you soon

Joe

Text 00353 87 285 3570 

P/S  If you do not wish to continue receiving these (gentle) programme alerts please let me know by hitting “Reply” and put “No Please” in the subject box.  I won’t be a bit offended.

www.irishcountrymusicradio.com     

www.irishramblinghouse.com    

ww.lyreacrompane.com    

www.maidsoferin.com
Facebook – Joe Harrington
     

www.youtube.com – (Search) Irish Rambling House

Useful Hint.  In case you don’t know; it is possible to listen to the station while going to other pages on the website and to other sites.  When you open the home page and go to the green box on the left to click on the radio you will see an arrow on the top right hand corner of that box.  If you click on this arrow the box will detach and become independent from the Home Page. You can then use this box to switch on the radio. If you go to other pages then or to other websites the radio will still continue to play. Hope that helps.

Joe’s Country Kingdom times around the world  

United States

East Coast                      Tues 3 to 6pm

Mid West                       Tues 2 to 5pm

Rockies                           Tues 1 to 4pm

West Coast                    Tues 12 noon to 3pm

Alaska                            Tues 11am to 2pm

Canada

Newfoundland                Tues 4.30pm to 7.30pm

New Brunswick               Tues 4pm to 7pm

Ontario                             Tues 3pm to 6pm

Alberta                             Tues 1pm to 4pm

British Columbia            Tues 12 noon to 3pm

South America                                  

Rio                                   Tues 4pm to 7pm

Malvinas                         Tues 4pm to 7pm

Buenos Aires                  Tues 4pm to 7pm

 Australia

Queensland                    Wed 6am to 9am

NSW. Vic. Tas.                Wed 6am to 9am

New Zealand                 Wed 7am to 10am

Singapore                       Wed 3am to 6am

South Africa                   Tues 9pm to 12 midnight 

Halloween in Listowel

Everywhere you look in Listowel there are goblins, ghosts, witches and other halloween fare on display.

When I went out and about in town to do my Halloween photo shoot, I met Jim Halpin who kindly posed with his “doorman”.

The boys school combined the gruesome and the funny in its themed window display.

Below is just a sample of what is to see in the shop windows



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