Listowel at night, Dairymaster and Grafton Street

More Scenes from Listowel on a December Night in 2014

William Street

East River Window

Woulfe's

Utopia

Tae Lane

Tae Lane

Elizabelle

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Gold medal for Innovative Causeway firm

I took these photos from the Dairymaster Facebook page

Once again Dairymaster, the mega successful local international business is in the news. This Kerry firm with a world wide reach just goes from strength to strength.

"Check out the excitement at Eurotier 2014. The event, held in Germany, is the world’s leading trade fair for animal production. The highlight of the event for us was winning the prestigious Gold Medal for Innovation for our SwiftFlo Goat Rotary. Members of the Dairymaster team were on hand to chat to thousands of farming and technology enthusiasts about our latest developments and solutions."      (Dairymaster)

Well done, guys! 

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Blessing of the Boats at Beale; 1964

(photo; Cathy Dunne)

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Living Statues

These superb actors enacting a living sculpture tableau were photographed by Jackie Goodall on Grafton Street, Dublin last week.

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Following in Johnny Sexton's footsteps

LISTOWEL U7S/U8s TRAVEL TO CAHERCIVEEN FOR MINIS RUGBY BLITZ

On Saturday 29th November 12 players from the Listowel U8s and U7s made the long journey to Caherciveen. They travelled in their own mini bus and were extremely well behaved for the whole trip. 

They played three great games of tag rugby against Tralee Rugby Club, Iveragh Rugby Club and Kenmare Rugby Club. In all three games they played great rugby. All the players have shown great improvement since the start of the season. 

The Listowel team were driven on by the twins Cathal and Fionn Byrne who helped set up lots of tries for their team. James Thompson, James Hunt , Tadhg Doran and Katie Power showed great catching and passing skills in all three matches. Niall Stack and Harry Reidy were excellent in defence by covering and tagging players from the other teams. Bryan Quilter and Thomas Breen worked hard in winning the ball back for Listowel. Daithí Keane Tyrrell and John Carmody were superb in attack as they set off on runs with the ball to score tries for their team.

The weather was perfect for a great day of rugby and fun. The blitz was brilliantly hosted by the Iveragh Rugby Club. After the match, there was great spread of food and drink provided for the players, parents and coaches. Thanks to all parents and coaches who travelled to Caherciveen. 

Roll on the next blitz which will take place at the end of January 2015 in Listowel. The U7s and U8s need to continue to train hard in order to be ready for the next blitz in January.

( from Listowel Rugby )

Brian Boru Crown, Christmas Lights 2014, Road signs and Long Service Awards for Ballybunion people

Jewels for Cures

This beautiful Brian Boru Millennium crown will be on display in the Seanchaí, Listowel  on December 5 2014.

Jewels for Cures is an innovative charity raising funds for cancer research. The crown is made from old and broken jewellery donated by the public. Lord Inchiquin is the patron of the charity and all the money raised goes to Professor John Crown's Cancer Clinical Research Trust in St. Vincent's Hospital.

Jewels for Cures are now involved in another project called, The Descendency Scroll, full details of which can be found on http://www.jewelsforcures.ie/descendancy-scroll

Listowel people who have  donated jewellery which was used in  the creation of the Crown will be signing the Scroll on the day.

Alison McCormick, Director and Founder of Jewels for Cures oversaw the production of the crown with a voluntary committee and it was produced by Da Capo Goldsmiths. The crown was part of the recent millennium celebrations of the Irish high king’s Battle of Clontarf.

Come along on Friday at 11.00a.m. to see the crown and to make a donation to help this very deserving charity.

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Lovely Listowel by Night, December 2014

St. John's

Main Street

M.J. Carroll's Hardware

Main St.

Lynch's and John B. statue

Footprints' Window

Scully's Corner

Dress 2 Impress window

Lynch's

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Where all the signs are stored

View of a section of the council yard with signs and cones galore.

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Brave People

( photo: Steve Baker)

Some of our members of Ballybunion Sea Rescue who received long service awards at The Irish Water Safety ceremony at Dublin Castle recently.
Ballybunion's 22 awards for 10, 15, and 20 years service was by far the largest contingent in the country.

Back row left to right- Frank Whelan, Brian Mannion, Paul O'Connor.
Front row left to right-Noel Finucane, Joby Costello, Eilish Flahive (accepting on behalf of Grace Flahive)

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Bord na Mona 1956

(photo sent by Cathy Dunne)

Christmas in Listowel Garden Centre and a Food Fair Award

A Glorious Winter Sunrise in Ballybunion

(photo; Ballybunion Angling and Coastal Views)

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The Late Lofty Kelliher

(photo; Mike the Pies)

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Fungi Calendar

His friends at  Fungie Forever have put together an absolutely beautiful calendar. This is the cover.

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Christmas displays at Listowel Garden Centre

Year after year, the Christmas scenes at Listowel Garden Centre just get better and better. Below are just some of the scenes which must have taken days to construct.

Santa's bed

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Listowel Food Fair Award

A Dandelion Flower Preserve made by The Wild Irish Foragers & Preservers from Birr, County Offaly, was announced as the Gold Medal Winner in the Listowel Food Fair Best Emerging Artisan Food Product Awards at the 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner & Awards in the Listowel Arms Hotel on Saturday night (22nd November). Sponsored by Kerry Local Enterprise Office, Sharon and Gordan Greene of The Wild IrishForagers & Preservers were presented with their prize of a cheque for €1,000 by Aoife Hannon, Chairperson of the Judging Panel. The Dandelion Flower Preserve will also be displayed and sold in Garvey’s SuperValu, Listowel, County Kerry. This year entries for the Best Emerging Artisan Food Product were received from all over Ireland. The judges then selected a short list of 5 finalists, all who attended the Awards and each received a cheque for €200*.

Photographed here are Gordan and Sharon Greene, with Aoife Hannon (Head of judging panel) and Pierce Walsh (Chairman).                ( Listowel Food Fair 2014)