Bobby Cogan and Molly on a trip to Teampall Bán
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Frederick Chute R.I.P.
In response to my request for information on the people commemorated on the new park benches I got a lovely letter from Judith Cannon
"A friend told me to look online at Listowel Connections, and I saw that you would like some information on the new benches installed at the Town Park. I had a new bench recently installed in memory of my husband, Frederick (he didnt like to be called Fred, because that was his cousin's name, the painter - RIP).
You have an excellent photo of Frederick's new bench on your Listowel Connections website.
I think the new bench is lovely and it overlooks the River Feale, which Frederick loved. He grew up in Church Street (no 57) Listowel, and Betty Chute was his mother. Arthur Chute, was his father.
I have done a little story about his life, which I will attach to this email, so if you need any information it will be on there, or I am happy to answer any questions about him. He loved Listowel, and enjoyed the football and hurling and used to go to matches with Pat Whelan and Eric Browne. He played football in his younger days for Listowel and North Kerry. His best friend and lifelong friend, was Jimmy O'Quigley, and they went to Primary School together as well as getting up to all sorts of mischief in later life!
Frederick passed away in 2018 and his ashes were interred at his parents' grave at the graveyard in Listowel as well as some of his ashes scattered in Ballybunion beach, one of his very favourite places."
I will post Judith's story of Frederick's life shortly.
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Making Friends the Facebook Way
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Another Saturday, Another Walk
Guided Walking Tours of Listowel start off from The Kerry Writers' Museum every Saturday until the end of August 2019 at 11.00a.m. Last Saturday, July 27 2019 I was the volunteer guide.
This is the lovely group I escorted around our lovely town. There were Listowel people, returned Listowel emigrants, Canadian people, English people, Irish people and Californian people and we even had a newly engaged couple.
You'd never know who you'd run into on a walk around Listowel. Billy Keane took time out from his very busy schedule to talk to the group.
Jimmy Hickey danced for us on the junction of Charles Street and Colbert Street, where his father once ran a shoemaking business, making shoes for the clergy and for the gentry. Jimmy promises to tell me all for a future blog and Jimmy is a man of his word.
A Donegal visitor sang The Rose of Tralee for us.
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A Few More Entente Florale Photos
Going a step beyond! The "dawn raiders" doing their very best to make sure Listowel gets gold.
The adjudicators went to John Paul 2 graveyard. I'm sure they loved this wild flower grave.
This is the community fruit and nut orchard.
I posted this last week without saying where it was and people are anxious to know. This lovely door is in The New Kingdom on Church Street.
Herbs
Molly checking out the bug hotel
more herbs
Our riverside picnic area
The Big Bridge
1916 commemorative garden
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