Shops and Signs, A Poem a Recent Snap or two and a To Let Sign

KDYS /Old Carnegie Free Library

This lovely old building is at the top of Church Street where it joins Dowd's Road

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Listowel shops and their signs during Lockdown 2020

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Carroll's is Open

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At the AIB

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Carroll's Yard

The River Walk

After a long dry spell the level of water in the river is very low.

There was a funeral in progress in the church.

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The Dawn above the Dark

John Fitzgerald has written a poem for those who have forgotten what a pulled pint is.

The Dawn above the Dark
Out of a gold grained silvered font the dark stream seeks the light The gargoyle bows its ugly head To flow it out of night
Into a steady downward plunge that surges up the dawn
and takes it o’er the ticking glass to let the pint take form.

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Snapped in Town

Jimmy Deenihan was having a socially distant chat with a friend.

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First Covid Business Casualty ?

I am so sad to see a To Let sign on one of my favourite coffee shops.

President Michael D. O hUigínn in town, Ballybunion Dining, Writers' Week 2018

Presidential Visit to Kerry Writers' Museum

The purpose of the president's visit to Listowel last weekend was to celebrate Listowel's great win in the Super Valu Tidy Towns' Competition 2018. While he was in the area he fitted in a few other engagements as well. On Friday evening one of Listowel Tidy Town's  hardest working volunteers, Breda McGrath was out giving the place a last sweep up when she spotted Uachtarán na hEireann in his motorcade on his way to The Seanchaí.

There were gardaí everywhere. Here are three who assured me that they have a Listowel connection.

Rambling house musicians waiting to play for the president.

The greeting party at Kerry Writers' Museum with their VIP guests, Eoin Moriarty, David Browne, Sabina and Michael D. Higgins and Madeleine O'Sullivan

I'll have more photos from the presidential visit after my short break.

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Ballybunion, Main Street

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Cosmopolitan Ballybunion

Eating in Ballybunion can be a very interesting experience with cuisine from around the world offered in different establishments around town. Here are a few examples.

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Writers' Week 2019

Tomorrow May 29 2019 is opening night. Here are a few photos from last year to whet your appetite. Here's to a great week for those who love to write, those who love to read and those who love to photograph the people who write and read.

I'll be busy Writers' weeking for the next while. I'll share all the photos later.