Thursday, 28 February 2019

NKM Strike, MS Coffee Morning and Denny Factory is No More and some early spring flowers in Lyreacrompasne



Abandoned House; Photo; Chris Grayson

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Employment Unrest in Listowel in 1922

NKM on the banks of The Feale was going along nicely until 1922 . A strike at the factory caused the owners to relocate their business to Dublin leaving many in Listowel disappointed. Dave O'Sullivan did the research.



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There it is....Gone




Photo: Seán Lyons


The old Denny factory in Tralee has been levelled and the site cleared.


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North Kerry MS Coffee Morning

On Saturday February  16 2019 the North Kerry branch of MS Ireland held a very popular coffee morning in Tomáisíns in Lisselton.
I was there enjoying the fare and taking a few photos.






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Road Signs



At the junction of Charles St. and Courthouse Road

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February 2019 in Lyreacrompane







The green fingers  and the photographs are those of Joe Harrington and Kay O'Leary. Doesn't warm the cockles of your heart to see such beauty and such promise of Spring?

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Looking for Love Second Time Around

Tune in to First Dates Ireland  on RTE 2 tonight, February 28 2019 at 9.30. Pamela Behan, formerly of Listowel, is one of the ladies looking to find love.

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