Éamon ÓMurchú took this photo of the bridge to Listowel Racecourse in December 2021
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Beautiful door on Courthouse Road
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Grave of the Presentation Sisters in St. Michael’s Graveyard
The last time I posted the nuns’ headstones I omitted one. It was missed. So for the sake of accuracy I’m putting them all together here now. Sisters who have died since 2013 have been buried “with their own people”. May they all rest in peace.
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Coming to Listowel Writers’ Week 2023
The future of Irish writing is in safe hands. Sarah Gilmartin is one of the new generation of Irish writers and novelists.
On Friday, June 2 2023 in Listowel you can hear Gilmartin discuss her novel with Una Mannion and Elaine Feeney.
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In Tralee
Tralee’s Pikeman
These are two of the inscriptions on the plinth of the statue
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My Weekend Visitors
Listowel looking beautiful in the sunshine As I welcomed the Kildare branch of the family.
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Important Donation to Kerry Writers Museum
Fr Anthony Gaughan is one of Listowel’s most prolific and respected writers. On April 24 2023 he donated all his awards to be displayed in Kerry Writers’ Museum.
Not all of the board of the Writers’ Museum could attend the hand over of this generous donation. Those present were Seán McCarthy, David Browne, Cara Trant, Fr. Gaughan, Jimmy Deenihan, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Bernie Carmody and James Kenny pictured with the awards.
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Michael Enright
Hello, Mary,
The quote from John Mitchell about “the light of liberty” did not apply to our black brothers and sisters. The same J Mitchell was apparently a serious slave owner, according to a recent Irish Times article by Fintan OToole. Mitchell took the Confederate side in the American Civil War, and was totally opposed to freeing black slaves. Quite a number of GAA clubs named after John Mitchell might be considering their position.