Killarney. Listowel photos from 1994 and North Kerry Harriers in Moyvane

At the Tim Kennelly roundabout on an Autumn Sunday

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By Killarney's Lakes and Fells

I recently enjoyed a lovely day in "Beauty's Home"

This fellow looked me right in the eye. There was a fence between us.

Torc

Torc waterfall 

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Kerryman Christmas Supplement 1994

Some shopkeepers and shoppers from the Kerryman supplement of 24 years ago. The photgraphs for the paper were taken by Brendan Landy. I took photos of the photos as they appeared in the paper. Sorry for the very poor quality.

 Ann Heffernan serves Damien Stack in Ned Moriarty's drapery shop.

Pat Hannon of Hannon's Book Shop, 6 Main St. shows Clodagh O'Sullivan the range of books and magazines available.

Jim Halpin shows Michael O'Connell  a sea rod at his fishing and shooting supplies shop in Dirrha, Listowel.

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North Kerry Harriers meet in Moyvane at the October Bank Holiday Weekend

(Photos by Elizabeth Brosnan....lots more on her Facebook page)

Some Listowel People, old advertisements and Festival of Light Nov. 2 and 3 2018

Entrance to the walk beside the Town Park and The Garden of Europe on Sunday Oct. 28 2018

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Out and About with my Camera

Sunday October 28 2018 was a beautiful sunny day. Out walking by The Feale I met some folk who kindly allowed me to photograph them.

Kathleen Stack

Denis and Maureen O'Connor

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From the Kerryman Suplement of 1994

Here are a few of the advertisements from this supplement.

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Anyone Remember this?

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First Listowel Festival of Light Nov 2 and 3 2018

The festival was a great success. The Garden of Europe forest of light was spectacular. Pity a sudden downpour drove us home eventually but I was delighted to get to see the spectacle...another first for Listowel

I was blessed to have visitors for the weekend to enjoy the festival with me.

On our way to town we met the KDYS folk putting the finishing touches to their lantern.
Because we took in the exhibition in St. John's and the Projection in St. Mary's and a few other delays we were late for the lantern parade but I saw photos on Facebook and it was brilliant.

When we arrived at The Garden of Europe there was a huge queue waiting for admittance. We got through fairly quickly and joined the throng entering the garden. One criticism I have of the event and I'm sure the organisers will take it on board for next year, traffic should have been one way. By allowing people to come back the way they had come in made progress slow and moving forward a bit difficult at times.

The Forest of Light was splendid and a joy to see. We would have stayed longer but a torrent of rain of biblical proportions drove us home.
Well done to everyone involved in the show. It was amazing.

The morning after the night before and everything is cleared away. The only evidence is the old cds scattered beneath the willow  awaiting removal.

The Garden is back to normal and still beautiful.

Elizabelle, Jazzy Halloween in Cork, Table to Tidy Towns and The North Pole express 2018

St. John's from the grounds of The Seanchaí

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Stylish Shop at Halloween

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Thought for the Emigrants

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Christmas Comes Early to Cork

Brown Thomas on Patrick Street, Cork, skipped right over Halloween and went straight to Christmas. I took this photo on October 26th 2018. 

Meanwhile on the street the Jazz Festival Halloween Parade was getting started.

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Sowing the seeds of Tidy Town Success.

Before there was a Listowel Tidy Towns Committee there was TABLE.

This picture from 1994 shows Ned O'Sullivan, chairman of TABLE planting a tree in Feale Drive. He is watched by JoanMcCarthy, John O'Keeffe, Bill Walsh, Michael O'Connor, Krystal and Jackie Stack, Ann Sloan, Christy Hartnett and Eileen Worts.
TABLE was established in 1992. It was the Listowel Tidy Town Committee in all but name. It's first work was flower baskets and tree planting and the encouragement of everyone to get behind the movement to promote  Listowel and to do well in the then Bord Fáilte Tidy Town competition.
The officers of TABLE in 1994 were Ned O'Sullivan, Cathal Fitzgerald, Mary Hanlon, Anne Hartnett, Sr. Kathleen and Louis O'Connell.
( Information and photo from Kerryman Christmas supplement December 1994.The photograph was taken by Brendan Landy)

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Planning Ahead?

You will need to book if you plan on taking the páistí to this.

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Moyvane in Mourning

DEATH took place of David Stack, Keylod, Moyvane, on 27th October 2018 peacefully at the University Hospital, Kerry. Beloved brother of the late Tommy. Deeply regretted by his loving parents Michael & Mary, brother Daniel, grandparents, uncles, aunts, relatives, neighbours and friends. Reposing Tuesday October 30th from 5pm to 7pm at his home. Requiem Mass for David was celebrated by Fr. Kevin, assisted by Fr. Brendan on Wednesday in the Church of the Assumption, Moyvane. In the choir were Mary and Selena Mulvihill and Laura Stack.

The Well, Coburg St. Cork, Beano and Storied Kerry

Main Street, Listowel

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Water fromThe Well

The following extract is taken from Jim Costelloe's great rural memoir of Asdee in the 1940's and '50s

In the days before group water schemes were introduced to rural areas, domestic water was sourced from wells and pumps. If the water supply lasted through the summer and into October it was the sign of a good spring. I well remember trips to the local well with a white enamel bucket and trying to move the green moss on the surface of the well water so that it would not get into the bucket and make the water in the pure white bucket appear dirty.

Getting clear water into the bucket was a skilful job, between trying to avoid the green moss on the surface and the “dirt” at the bottom of the well. How wonderfully cool and refreshing a mug of water was straight from the well. There was always a mug beside the well and we often drank from it during those warm summers that we seemed to get long ago.

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Random Item

From Random Cork Stuff on Twitter

Incredible snap of Coburg St, Cork, with Shandon in the background, from 1905. (found by Joe Healy) Random fact: Coburg was the old family name of the British royal family before they changed it to Windsor to make it sound less German.

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When I Made a Little Girl's day

Yesterday I told you about my child minding on polling day in Ballincollig and the find we made in the charity shop.
These pictures were taken when we got home with our haul.

Oh to be nine again!

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Storied Kerry Meitheal Saturday October 27 2018

This man is Professor Joseph Sobol, professor of storytelling at the University of South Wales and, as far as we know, the only professor of storytelling . He was reluctant to claim that distinction as he sees everyone as a storyteller. He told us about story tellers who have influenced him and he told us how the story is centralised in all our lives.

At the seminar we were divided into eight districts to discuss where we go from here.

Mary Kennelly was the board member of Storied Kerry in charge of our North Kerry breakout group.

Here we are, ready to discuss the North Kerry story. We got a bit bogged down in the story of decline, pub, shop and post office closures, rural decline and rural isolation. We touched on the rambling house and festivals as a way of keeping the story alive. We decided on tourism as the most likely industry to keep our story going. we decided to meet again and to spread the word.