Market Street in June 2024
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Art in Market Street
On a window in Market Street
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A Poem we Learned at School
W.B. Yeats wrote this poem in 1930. It has stood the test of time.
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Tae Lane Store Window
Clodagh O’Sullivan runs one of the busiest, most stylish shops in town. She took time out of her busy life to source and mount the most marvellous Writers’ Week window display.
Kerry Group celebrated 30 years of sponsorship of the Kerry Novel of the Year this year.
Clodagh sourced a copy of EVERY one of the 29 previous winners. They are all displayed on her window in Church Street, along with this year’s winner, Remembrance Sunday by DarraghMcKeon.
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A Will
Jer Kennelly is great for uncovering snippets of social history.
(There is a Becher Street in Mallow to this day.)
SIR JOHN WRIXON-BECHER, 3rd Baronet (1828-1914), JP DL, High Sheriff of County Cork, 1867, who espoused, in 1857, the Lady Emily Catherine Hare, daughter of William, 2nd Earl of Listowel. His son Sir Eustace William Wyndham Wrixon Becher (1860-1934) Bart, DL, 1915, Creagh, Skibbereen, Ballygiblin, Mallow, listed 1922. Executor of his father Sir John Wrixon Becher, M.A., D.L., (1828-1914), £11,299.
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Talk on a Learned Listowel Lady
(Text and photo from Kerry Writers’ Museum on Facebook)
Cecile O’Rahilly: Kerrywoman, Celticist and Textual Critic | Lecture by Dr. Síle Ní Mhurchú on Thursday 20th June at 8pm in Kerry Writers’ Museum in Listowel
Join Dr. Síle Ní Mhurchú for a lecture on the life and accomplishments of Cecile O’Rahilly, a prominent Kerrywoman known for her contributions to Celtic Studies.
Cecile O’Rahilly, born in Listowel in 1894, made significant strides in her field and is remembered for her meticulous editing of notable Irish literary works. She was the first woman to hold the position of assistant professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
Dr. Síle Ní Mhurchú, a respected senior lecturer in Modern Irish at University College Cork, will delve into Cecile O’Rahilly’s life and scholarly impact during the lecture.
Save the date for this enlightening event on Thursday 20th June at 8 pm, hosted in Kerry Writers’ Museum in Listowel.
Admission is €5 payable at the door.
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