Listowel Thread

Miss Cellaneous

Has to be John B Keane's with all those photos on the walls. Its a shame the quality of the video isn't better.

SandhillRoad

Miss Cellaneous wrote:

Found this on You Tube also . Pity the picture is so dark
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=UMb4-j2FUOE

Thanks MissCellaneous.,it's been many years since I was in John Bs. Looks like one of the Keanes ringing the bell and I do see and hear Mick McConnell.

AnBealBocht

SandhillRoad wrote:

A grand job done by all.







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Miriam K., as ever, rounded up the Band of Brothers & Classmates ( St. Michael's and UCD) in Dublin where the usual suspects villified each other without pause. Nice ' earlybird ' subsequently at The Gresham with Frank & Maurice. Despite the two of 'em being Dublin environs natives these past 45 years, they succeeeded in getting lost when driving me back out to brother Patrick's in Skerries. Fun had by all tho'. Thanks, lads. It gets more important that we shd. meet with each passing year.
Slight dose of the shingles in transit to Listowel, so missed most of Writers' Week.
Nevertheless, visited old & new friends over the next couple of weeks.
Sat often w/ Jed C., Eleanor C., Ann C,, Vincent C., D.D. C., ( and all these Cs with different surnames!. Who said we inter-married way too much in Listowel?) at Lynche's Coffee Shop looking through John B's waving arm at the old family homestead in Main St. Some wil remember ( I do) that where his statue sits was the site of the Tom Doodle ' goings on ' of long, long ago.
At Billy Keane's I met with Tony D., Vincent C. & some remnants of the Kerry Team which defeated Waterford in Dungarvin the previous Sunday ( a game which I watched on telly with brother Jerry...I lie not!, thus easily convinced that Darrah O'S & Paul G. were indeed The Kingdom superstars of that previous, & future, Sunday, tho' there are some alive in Listowel & Dublin who will attest to the fact that Mick O'Connell had to be identified for me at Croke Park...Maurice was mortified, as I asked loudly in my then broad Kerry brogue....circa 1963. Ah well, age matures & is said to bring new interests. Who thought in my case that it would be Gaelic Football!. Damn, it's good to be 63.) Dined quitely one evening out-of-doors in Dromin w/ Paddy F. & Carmel under bright Kerry stars. Visited cousin Joe & Mary in Tay Lane.
Brenda's books will keep me out of the Summer heat. Thanks for that nice, soft, red, leather chair to rest on. I salivate over leather.
And so, to all Gura maith agaibh go lear. Same time next year?.

AnBealBocht

Miss Cellaneous wrote:

Found this on You Tube also . Pity the picture is so dark
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=UMb4-j2FUOE

Now, do that piece again, but with bodhrans, not bells, this time.

BTW, Billy, that piece in the Kerryman which you wrote, & mentioned to me while I was ' at home ', I read it, I liked it.
Res that matter: As your uncle, myself, & many others of like ilk always knew, Listowel & tolerance are simply different spellings of the same word. MCS.

AnBealBocht

SandhillRoad wrote:

It is either 18th or 19th Century. Probably French. . I have seen it the movie " A Tale of two Cities"-- where it is strapped to a mans back as he carries sacks of provisions.
The vertical leather part is to the persons back and the 2 leather straps go over the shoulders. The 'curved ' part folds up.
I want to know what it is called.
Thanks a lot.
Any viewers in TOULOUSE ?

Charles Foster Cain's childhood memory.

SandhillRoad

Circa ?

snow scorpion

Someone left this message on top of Knockanore.

(There's a second part to the message but if I posted it, the mods would ban me from the site. )

Price of a Pint

I hav'nt seen the church news letter in a while.........everyone on vacation. ?
See you at the races.

SandhillRoad

Briede Flavin. R.I.P.

SandhillRoad

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Our shining has returned

SandhillRoad

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Briede Flavin. R.I.P.

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SandhillRoad

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Cherry Tree

SandhillRoad wrote:

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Our shining has returned

Thank you for your warm welcome, Sandhill. It's good to be back.

AnBealBocht

SandhillRoad wrote:

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I last met Briede at our Mother's funeral Mass x Sept. 1988.

Briede was my mother's maid-of-honour at my mother's & father's wedding at St. Mary's in March 1943. I have a photo of the occasion: Briede by my mother's side; Sonny Sheehy by my father's side.

It is good to see that she will rest close to them in Listowel.

As Terry used to say: " Old stock ". Not too many left now. Their passing saddens.

28 Church St.

Can't remember where I got these old postcards. I suspect they may be in common circulation. They may have been posted on this board previously. I've scanned the captions from the reverse side onto the plate side. The originals are in better shape than the scans imply.

Cherry Tree

As Terry used to say: " Old stock ". Not too many left now. Their passing saddens.[/QUOTE]

Listowel is the poorer for the recent passing of another two of the old stock . Paddy Rochford, late of St. Michael's College and Maureen Beasley, poet, both passed away last week.
Ar dheis láimh Dé go raibh a n-anamnacha agus anamnacha na marbh go léir.

SandhillRoad

SandhillRoad

Are there people waiting to board, on the left ?
This is in Ballybunion.Right?

Lovely writer

Deaths
ROCHFORD (Cahirdown, Listowel, Co. Kerry) - August 2, 2007, in the loving care of his family, Paddy, former principal eof St. Michael's College, husband to his wife and best friend Joan, devoted father to Sheila, Eoin, Seamus and Colm; will be sadly missed by his loving wife, children, their partners Frans, Susan, Betty and Aoife, cherished grandchildren Joanna, James, Lyn, Jack and Leah, brother Tom, sisters- in-law, brothers- in-law, nephews, nieces, religious neighbours and friends.. Rest in peace. Requiem Mass today (Monday) at 11 o'clock in St. Mary's Church, Listowel. Funeral afterwards to John Paul Cemetery, Ballybunnion Road. Family flowers only. Donations if desired to Irish Cancer Research.
Date: Thursday, 2 August 2007
Last night, along with many of the past and present teachers and pupils of St Michaels College, I waited for the funeral of Paddy Rochford at the gates of the College. From there the funeral was escorted to the church in town.

Paddy came to Listowel in 1950 and as maths teacher, vice principal and then as the first lay principal, left a lasting impression on generations of pupils and teachers.

SandhillRoad

Feale Drive family fun

A day of fun activities is lined up for Feale Drive on Saturday, August 25th in celebration of the newly appointed residents association. This new initiative is set to bring to large estate together for a day of fun, as bouncy castles, novelty games, sports and a barbeque are all planned, weather permitting.

The fun kicks off at 2pm and ends at 5pm. All residents of Feale Drive are welcome to attend with their primary school children or younger children.

This is going to be a great event and one of many new community get-togethers that the estate can look forward thanks to the newly appointed dedicated committee and other volunteers.

SandhillRoad

AnBealBocht

SandhillRoad wrote:

A statue unveiled and undedicated....then.

snow scorpion

AnBealBocht wrote:

A statue unveiled and undedicated....then.

The John B. Keane statue? Don't I remember his arm being up like he was waving at someone?

(I should have paid closer attention. )

SandhillRoad

QUOTE=snow scorpion]The John B. Keane statue? Don't I remember his arm being up like he was waving at someone?

(I should have paid closer attention. )[/QUOTE]

AnBealBocht

SandhillRoad wrote:

QUOTE=snow scorpion]The John B. Keane statue? Don't I remember his arm being up like he was waving at someone?

(I should have paid closer attention. )

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But why they would wish to honour Lazarus on Main St., Listowel leaves me pondering.
BUT, after the unwrapping, the real man emegres, and all mystery is shed. John B.! Raised by Listowel, as is right and fitting.

AnBealBocht

Lovely writer wrote:

Deaths
ROCHFORD (Cahirdown, Listowel, Co. Kerry) - August 2, 2007, in the loving care of his family, Paddy, former principal eof St. Michael's College, husband to his wife and best friend Joan, devoted father to Sheila, Eoin, Seamus and Colm; will be sadly missed by his loving wife, children, their partners Frans, Susan, Betty and Aoife, cherished grandchildren Joanna, James, Lyn, Jack and Leah, brother Tom, sisters- in-law, brothers- in-law, nephews, nieces, religious neighbours and friends.. Rest in peace. Requiem Mass today (Monday) at 11 o'clock in St. Mary's Church, Listowel. Funeral afterwards to John Paul Cemetery, Ballybunnion Road. Family flowers only. Donations if desired to Irish Cancer Research.
Date: Thursday, 2 August 2007
Last night, along with many of the past and present teachers and pupils of St Michaels College, I waited for the funeral of Paddy Rochford at the gates of the College. From there the funeral was escorted to the church in town.

Paddy came to Listowel in 1950 and as maths teacher, vice principal and then as the first lay principal, left a lasting impression on generations of pupils and teachers.

He was a man whose skills I respected, though I feared the teacher.
I never got ' slapped ' , by him, but I tried to stay one step ahead of that. To this day I care not for Math.
It was nice to see him at the Great Gathering of St. Michael's ( & Presentation Convent) pupils at The Listowel Arms x 2000, where I shook his hand. I spoke to him once afterwards near my brother Jerry's home when he was delivering a ' Meal-on-Wheels ' to someone locally.
One regrets the passing of the man.

I remember with fondness Fr. Danny ( Latin), Mr. M. O'S. ( English)., Pat G.( Greek), John M. ( Latin II), Johhny O'F ( Gaelge agus English). Who was it who taught me History & Geography?. It had to be someone, for I am not altogether ignorant of them.

SandhillRoad

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AnBealBocht

SandhillRoad wrote:

I remember as a child that several times a year....usually on a Sunday afternoon....Sister Virgilus ( ?sp.) would visit my mother on Main St. and she would be taken upstairs to the sitting-room where we young 'uns would be allowed to greet her briefly. Then, Sr. & my mother would have a private chat for hours on end. Usually tea & biscuits would be served...though, perhaps, a little port wine would be downed in the course of the confab.
I believe the good Sr. taught my mother at the Presentation Convent.
I often wondered what the nature of those conversations could be.
Later, I often thought that these brief, informal tete-a-tetes served to allow my mother ( & ? others too) to ' vent ' ( to another woman, albeit a nun, but a woman first, in whom they had confidence and who would preserve their confidences), and dissipate their frustrations in rough times.

On many levels, The Presentation Sisters will be missed by Listowel.

SandhillRoad

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