Crafters, Some Pres. Old Girls and grandchildren in Christmas shop

Photo; Timothy John MacSweeney

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New Busker in Town

This man on the corner of Market St. is a new addition to our streets.

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Talented ladies

These three ladies sell their crafts in Craftshop na Méar, Listowel.  I met Maureen Connolly, Eileen Fitzgerald and Eileen O'Sullivan in the shop on Saturday.

These two above photos are the front and back of the bag that Eileen is in the process of making. Wow!

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Some Pres. Old Girls

5th and 6th Years 1953

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A Little Corner of our Lovely Town

Between the Ball Alley and The Millennium Arch is a lovely little park with flower beds and picnic tables.

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Loving the Christmas Shop

My beloved girls were in town for a short break and they loved Listowel Garden Centre's Christmas display.

I bring everyone who visits me to the shop. For me it has become an essential visitor attraction.

Convent girls in 1954 and the Millennium Arch

Convent girls with Sr. Dympna in the early 1950s

The following is from the letter from Marie Shaw which accompanied this great photo of her class in Listowel sixty years ago.

Back Row: Eleanor Leahy, Eileen Barrett, ? McCarthy, Celia Carroll, Rose Healy-Fitzmaurice, ?Walsh, Marie Neligan (me), Doreen Stack, Nora O'Keefe, ? Enright.

Middle Row: Kathleen Fitzgerald, ? Noonan (not certain about that name)Margaret Sheehan Mary McElligott, Phyllis Horgan, Kathleen Dunworth, ? Beasley, ? O'Keefe, Maeve Moloney, ?Murphy, Dympna Hillard.

Front Row: Nora Barry, Margaret Horgan, Eileen? Lynch, Noreen Mahoney, Geraldine Reidy (an american girl visiting Listowel), Patricia Hartnett,Marie Buckley, Terry Buckley and of course Sr. Dympa

I'm wondering if there is anyone else still around who remembers this.

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Does anyone recognize herself, her mother or maybe her grandmother in the photo? I'd love to know where they all are now.

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garda patrolling the beach in Tramore in 1922

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These are appearing on footpaths all over town.  They are covering the newly installed water meters.

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My three lovely grandaughters praying at their grandad's grave last week.

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This is our Millennium Arch in all its glory in 2009. I don't suppose it would be cost effective to rebuild it .  Another landmark gone!