Monday 5 August 2019

Listowel in Summer 2019, Changes at Writers' Week and a Tarbert picture revisited

 Lovely Listowel Pub


Tanker's Bar on Upper William Street


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Entente Florale Entertainment



On the day the adjudicators were in town, while watching the entertainment I met my old friend, John O'Connor of Tralee who was working in town.



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Treoir magazine





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Máire's Last Day


The end of an era for the dream team; Eilish Wren and Máire Logue who managed so many successful Writers' Week festivals are pictured in their office in Kerry Writers' Museum on Máire's last day in the job before she moves on to pastures new in St. John's Arts and Heritage Centre.


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Meanwhile in Tarbert, a reenactment


And here it is the photo you have all been waiting on... 34 years later!! Josephine, Kenneth and Thomas have recreated the photo. Remembering Derek always RIP x

Picture and caption from Tarbert.ie

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Old O'Connor House at Curraghatoosane

On July 30 1019, we, Listowel people were allowed to visit the site of the old cottage unearthed during excavations for the new bypass.

The house was a thatched cottage of mud construction and it stood on this site until the 1950's. We know from the census that 6 adult people lived there in 1911.












There was great interest among local people to see and hear how people lived in the 1800's



Shards of pottery were uncovered, probably plates and bowls.


The archeologist told us that this design is Scottish.


Paddy Keane remembered that olive oil came in phials like these.


This is what remains of an Infant of Prague statue.



The artefacts included a thimble and some buttons. The daughter of the family was a dressmaker, according to the census.

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