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

Tag: Scoil Realta na Maidine

Bridge Road,Scoil Realta na Maidine and some visitors

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On March 7, 2017

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Beautiful Kerry

Derrycunnihy photographed by Catherine Moylan in Winter 2016

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Bridge Road



Mike Hannon’s photos show how Bridge Road used to look.

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Scoil Realta na Maidine Fundraising


On April 14th, 15th and 16th we are hosting a fundraising/reunion event with something to suit everyone.

We are looking for old school photos to include in a timeline display which can be seen during our Easter Weekend  celebrations at Scoil Réalta na Maidine. You may like to take part in our 20k walk along the Feale from The Cashen in Ballyduff to Listowel (this can also be done in relay). We are also looking for people to help with stewarding and general organisation or you may sponsor a walker (sponsor cards are available from the school).

On Sunday we will have a reunion of the ever popular and exciting Town League, featuring the Country, the Boro, the  Ashes and the Gleann. There promises to be a great party atmosphere with food, stalls and live music.

If you can help in anyway please contact Bernie (087 2140645), Brian (087 2396085 or the school office 068 21994

All help will be greatly appreciated

Source: The Advertiser

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A Thank You Meal

I know people are grateful to me and appreciative of all the work I put into bringing you Listowel Connection. I know because people send me emails, letters and cards. Some people pray for me or thank me in person and I’ve had the odd cuppa paid for by a grateful blog follower.

Last week I had a first. A lovely couple from Maine in the U.S. who only know me as their blogger bought me lunch in Allos during their recent holiday in town.


Here I am with my hosts, Patty and John Faley. Patty’s grandfather came from Listowel and both she and John are in love with the place. This was their 16th trip to Listowel. John describes their attraction to Listowel as a blessing and a curse. Since their first trip to the town of Patty’s ancestors, they have never seen another part of the world. Every holiday is spent here. They love everything about Listowel and John B.’s is their local when they are in town. Something tells me that they they may fulfil their dream to retire to Listowel in the not too distant future.

Such lovely people would be an asset to us.



While we were in Allos, we met Alice and Elaine Sheahan who just might be related to Patty since they too have a Faley/Fealy ancestor.




Patty bought this sign in Craftshop na Méar on one of her many visits and now it hangs proudly in her Maine home.

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New Artist at Olive Stack’s Gallery




Damien Stack introduced to Amy, the first artist in residence of 2017 at Olive Stack’s gallery. Amy’s first creative endeavour since coming to Listowel is the Feale fish hanging in the window behind her in my photograph. Her fellow artist in residence, Caroline, had popped out when I popped in but look out for her drawing classes starting shortly.


Lisselton, Listowel Military Tattoo flag day and some more style on Ladies’ Day 2015

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On October 12, 2015

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Sunset at Ballybunion August 2015 (Ballybunion Prints)




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Listowel Military Tattoo Flag Day


Shoppers coming to town on Saturday September 26 2015 might be forgiven for thinking that the town had been invaded by a motley crew of military from the armies and air corps of the world. No invasion at all, just the hard working people who run the Military Weekend collecting for their big project.

Read all about it HERE




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Lisselton Then and Now from Time Travel Kerry

Lartigue Monorail, Lisselton station-

The unique Listowel-Ballybunion Railway was opened in 1888 at a cost of £30,000 and it ran for 36 years until it was closed in 1924. The train carried passengers, freight, cattle and sand from Ballybunion. The station had two lines and two switching points at which trains could be crossed, which happened in busy times. 

The station building was of corrugated iron and had ticket offices and a waiting room. The line was only barely financially viable for the whole of its existence; it supposedly never made a profit. The closure was hastened by the severe damage that was inflicted on the line during the civil war of 1921-23.
A spark from the chimney of a Locomotive once set fire to the thatched public house in Lisselton causing it to be burned to the ground. Currently a diesel replica of the train is running in Listowel at certain times of the year.
These views here are of Lisselton station looking West in the late 1800s and the same view(approximately) in late 2014.
(No credit available for the original picture)
(Some history from M Guerin’s fine book on the subject)

Text and photos from Time Travel Kerry on Facebook….follow the link above to access this great site.

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More Photos from Ladies Day at Listowel Races 2015


Maria Stack told me that she had brought this cute bag with an eye to impressing the new sponsors: McElligott Honda.



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1916 Commemoration



As part of the 1916 commemoration, members of the Armed Forces are bringing a copy of the proclamation and a flag to every school in the country and they are giving a little history lesson to the children as they fill them on the significance of next year’s commemoration.

On Thursday, October 8 they visited Scoil Realta na Maidine where they presented the flag to Niall Stack, one of the oldest past pupils and a boy from Junior Infants, one of the youngest present day pupils.

These and all the photos of the visit are HERE

Bayonne and Listowel

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On February 20, 2015

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Bayonne


While I was on my holidays in Pays Basque, I went one day to Bayonne to visit the Basque museum and to explore this historic French town.

This is a typical Basque house. The whole extended family lived together, very often with the animals on the ground floor providing warmth and the grain store in the attic to be kept dry. Interestingly the eldest inherited, regardless of whether the eldest was male or female.

Old Basque headstones did not tell the dead man’s name or any of the particulars of his life except the year of his death.

These people lived high in the mountains in terrain unsuitable for a horse. This yoke is literally a yoke that tied two oxen together for ploughing. The farmer is often seen walking ahead of his oxen.

A milking stool

No fences here so the bell was an important locator…a kind of early tagging system.

A wine press

Basque people love to sing and dance at their festivals

The Basque people have a game very close to our handball which is played all over the Basque region. There are local variations of the game. Sometimes the players wear a glove or use a racquet or basket type implement. But what they have in common is the fronton. This is the court or wall where the game is played and you can see these frontons in the centre of almost every town in the region.

The Halle or market in Bayonne

A bit like Cork’s English Market, only smaller

Yes, they do eat horse. Here is a horse butcher at work.

There is a beautiful cathedral in Bayonne

Unusual depiction of the crucifixion. Is that St. Francis?

Some more familiar statuetry as well

They have a good idea in that they have a side chapel that is used on a daily basis and they leave the big cathedral for ceremonial occasions.

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Meanwhile in the U.S.

Liam Murphy, formerly of Lyreacrompane, posted these photos on his Facebook page. This is the view front and back of his home as New England is caught in the grip of one of its worst snowstorms in living memory.

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Listowel’s Clever Boys

Scoil Realta na Maidine keep us up to date on what the boys are at with frequent updates to their Facebook page. This week some boys were rewarded for their random acts of kindness and some second class boys tried their hands at sewing.

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