Listowel Connection

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

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Entente Florale trophy, Cahirciveen, Kells Bay and the unveiling of the Nun’s Statue

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On February 28, 2020

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Another Feather in Listowel’s Cap


Yesterday Feb. 27 2020 I was in Listowel Town Square on my way to Carroll’s of Course to pick up a lamp they had so kindly ordered for me  when I spotted Darren Enright busy at work in the Tidy Town trophy corner of town. He was putting in place the accolade Listowel received for achieving a silver medal in the Entente Florale competition. The official unveiling of this takes place on Saturday at 2.00 and everyone is welcome.





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Cahirciveen

Cahirciveen is a town full of history. Even on a cold wet weekend in February 2020 with many shops closed for the off season, its appeal is obvious.

Quirke’s is a lovely bookshop run by Colman who is passionate about books. His stock is small but carefully chosen.. He even has A Minute of Your Time.

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Kells Bay

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What a difference a word makes


Try this;

Insert the word only anywhere in this sentence:

She told him that she loved him.

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Unveiliing of the Nuns’ Statue


On a snowy Sunday in December 2010 Bishop Bill Murphy unveiled Listowel’s memorial to the nuns who have given so much to the town. They came in Famine times and fed and clothed the starving and sick of the parish. They have educated the town’s young ladies for decades and are still giving service today.

Jimmy Deenihan who worked hard on this project whips the tarpaulin from the sculpture.

The sisters and dignitaries in the sunny snowy square.


More of Graham Norton’s Audience and a short history of Listowel education.

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On June 22, 2017

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Graham Norton in The Community Centre for Listowel Writers Week 2017


June 3 2017


The evening was cold and windy so people look a bit windswept and muffled.




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Education in Listowel



The Presentation nuns came to Listowel in May 1844. They have been involved in Listowel education, particularly of girls every since. The Sisters of Mercy came to Listowel in 1883 and began working in the workhouse hospital. This house became a TB hospital in 1984 and a geriatric hospital in 1972. It is now a step down hospital for local people who are discharged from Kerry University Hospital. It also has a dedicated hospice suite.

The first national school for boys opened in 1936 and was replaced in 1960 by Scoileanna Realta na Maidine. St. Michael’s College opened as a second diocesan college on January 20th 1879.

(source; Fr. Kieran O’Shea’s The Diocese of Kerry)

Ryan Tubridy at Listowel Writers’ Week, 3 nuns professed in 1865 and Phil Coulter in Moyvane

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On June 20, 2017

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Bridge Road Listowel


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PJ Paints a Picture


One of the more unusual event at 2017’s Writers Week was a live painting masterclass with P.J. Lynch. P.J. undertook to paint Ryan Tubridy while an audience looked on and asked questions.

The stage is set and the easel and canvas in place.

PJ is “miked up”.

Jim Dunn introduces his friend and fellow artist, P.J. Lynch.

 The model takes his seat and endeavours to sit still.

PJ dons his apron.

Jim confesses to being a bit of a PJ Lynch groupie. He has even kept the Christmas RTE Guide because the cover is a PJ Lynch masterpiece.

Ryan Tubridy is a tough subject tp paint. He does his best to sit still as he sips a cup of tea and PJ gets to grips with his task.

I had to leave to help out at another venue but I later saw on Facebook the finished picture.

Elizabeth Dunn and Eilish Wren admire Ryan’s portrait.

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Fr. Pat Moore’s  R.I.P. Birthday in Duagh



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A Rare Sight Nowadays….A Nun’s Profession


January 21,
1865

RECEPTION AT LISTOWEL CONVENT. On
Saturday the solemn ceremony of receiving three young ladies into the
Presentation Order took place in the beautiful chapel of the Convent, Listowel.
The young ladies who received the white veil were Miss Bessie O’Sullivan (in
religion Sister Mary Ignatius), daughter of Mr. John O’Sullivan, of
Cahirciveen, and niece of the Very Rev. J. Mahony, P.P., Listowel; Miss Kate
Kennedy (in religion Sister Mary de Sales,) niece to the Rev. Mr. O’Donoghue,
Dingle ; and Miss Ellen Wolfe (in religion Sister Mary Aloysius), daughter of
Mr. Patrick Wolfe, Finuge. 

A procession of the holy sisterhood entered the sanctuary,
preceded by the cross-bearer, all having lighted candles, and chanting the
beautiful hymn, ” 0 Gloriosa  Virginum
,” which was intoned by the choir. Immediately after came the Right Rev.
Dr. Moriarty, Lord Bishop of the diocese, in full pontificals, attended by Rev.
Mr. Higgins, as his lordship’s chaplain. The other clergy present were—The Very
Rev. M. J. M’Donnell, P.P., V.F. Listowel; Rev. Garrett Roche, P.P., Lixnaw; Revs.
C Murphy and D. Lynch, Listowel ; T. Sheehy, Lixnaw J. O’Connor, P.P.,
Liselton.—Munster News.

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Phil Coulter in Moyvane


The Phil Coulter fundraising concert in Moyvane was a great success. John Kelliher took the photographs.

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