Listowel Thread

SandhillRoad

2. The National Folklore Collection - recent acquisitions
- The documentary film-maker John Lynch, Listowel, Co. Kerry, has donated copies of eight films shot by him in counties Kerry, Clare and Galway. John’s work has become more widely known in recent years, havingfeatured in Alan Gilsenan’s successful Home Movie Nights, and in the popular series Hidden Treasures by Loopline Productions. His finely crafted films are noted for their detailed observation of a variety of aspects of social and traditional life in rural Ireland from 1970 to the present. Among the titles he has produced, are:

• The Way I Remember it (1973)
• Blian dár Saol – Listowel 1972 (1973)
• Down by the Gortroe Gardens (1996)
• Last of the Freerangers of Ballydonoghue (1999)
• Cutting the Turf in Baunachaulig (2000)
• Ace of Place (2000)
• More than Four Roads (2003)
• Fishing on the River Feale (2004)

SandhillRoad

warboy wrote:

SandhillRoad wrote:

Location, location, location ?







I think it's under the railway bridge in Cahirdown ('the Mail Road' (is that what's written underneath)). The bridge is gone now. If I'm right it's after the tracks were taken up around 1990.

This photo was sent to me from South Carolina. I will check.
It could be the Mail Road ( I could not figure the writing out), and it is near Boltons Cross that this persons family lives.

SandhillRoad

Fear expressed for future of North Kerry secondary schools
Fear is being expressed for the future of some secondary schools in North Kerry. This follows the Minister for Educations publication of a series of pilot area development plans which proposes to amalgamate a number of schools in the county. The programme is to be piloted in 6 areas, these include Tralee, Ballybunion, Causeway, Tarbert, Castleisland and Listowel.

The draft plan recommends that Castleisland which currently has 3 secondary schools should only have one as its projected the population will decline there. Seamus Falvey, Principal of St Josephs Secondary, says they haven't been given enough time to get involved in the consultation process which determines the schools future.

SandhillRoad

Public Meeting to discuss Co-Education Proposal in Listowel


A public meeting regarding the proposed amalgamation of St. Michael’s and Presentation Convent Schools Listowel will be held at the Convent Secondary School Listowel at 8pm this Monday May 22nd.

What is your choice?

Attendance vitally important.

Miss Cellaneous

Sandhill Road...You are doing a wonderful job. I enjoy this thread so much I just had to tell you. The photos are wonderful and who needs to get the kerryman when you can get all the important news right here. Keep up the good work and long live the Listowel Thread...MC

SandhillRoad

Miss Cellaneous wrote:

Sandhill Road...You are doing a wonderful job. I enjoy this thread so much I just had to tell you. The photos are wonderful and who needs to get the kerryman when you can get all the important news right here. Keep up the good work and long live the Listowel Thread...MC

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Miss Cellaneous,
Many thanks for your kind comments.
It's all done from the comfort of my home in Rhinebeck. New York, but multo thanks should also go to my contacts who furnish me with news, photos etc;
I also thank CHAINREACTION who opened this forum.

Ps;

"NEWS FOR LISTOWEL PEOPLE IN DUBLIN" is in the Dublin forum.

snow scorpion

Miss Cellaneous wrote:

Sandhill Road...You are doing a wonderful job. I enjoy this thread so much I just had to tell you. The photos are wonderful and who needs to get the kerryman when you can get all the important news right here. Keep up the good work and long live the Listowel Thread...MC

Good thing, too, since the online edition of the Kerryman is 6 weeks old. :mad:
Kerry Eye Online and The Kingdom just ain't the same.

SandhillRoad

Would appreciate the location of any of the boys of the class of 1957.
Thank you.

SandhillRoad

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1901 Census

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This is not by present day house numbers
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Church Street, Listowel Civil Parish
house # Name Building
1 Matthew R. Dillon Barber shop
2 Mary Potter Public house
3 Thomas Beary Post office
4 John Maye Eating house
5 David J. Larken Public house
6 Michael O'Connor Public house
7 Mary O'Connor shop
8 Margaret Keefe Public house
9 Johanna Spillane Tobacco shop
10 John Dillon Confectioner
11 Michael McDonnell Victualler's shop
12 Patrick Hayes bookmaker's shop
13 Johanna Kirby shop
14 John T. Maguire Medical hall
15 Michael Kirby Draper's shop
16 Patrick Molyneaux Public house
17 Deborah Buckley Public house
18 Denis Flavin Public house
19 Ellen Fitzmaurice shop
James Lunney
20 John Dillon Victualler's shop
21 Jane Enright Public house
22 John Troy Draper's shop
23 John Mara private dwelling
24 John P. Finucane Harness making shop

house # Name Building
25 William Keane private dwelling
James Morrison
26 Johanna Flavin Stationery, meal and flour shop
27 Denis Murphy Victualler's shop
28 Timothy Curtin Rivet shop
29 Michael Malone Public house
Jennie Shaughnessy
Bridget Mahony
? Keane
Mulvihill
30 Margaret Mulvihill Public house
31 Kate Hennegan
James Monekton Public house
32 Patrick Mullally grocery shop
33 Nora Hudson Public house
34 Jane McFadden private dwelling
35 Thomas Colohan Public house
36 Robert Browne Provn. shop
37 uninhabited shop
38 Isac McMahon private dwelling
39 Sarah Stack private dwelling
40 John Grany private dwelling
41 Martin Sheehy? private dwelling
42 Thomas McLoughlin RIC Barrack
Richard J. Walshe The RIC Form St.
43 James Cain grocers shop
44 Daniel Browne grocers shop
45 Nora Dillon grocers shop
Robert Fitzpatrick The RIC Form St.
46 Michael Madden private dwelling
47 Patrick Breen Public house
48 Edward Wilmott Swat? shop
49 Patrick Hennesy Public house
house
# Name Building
50 James Horigan private dwelling
51 Jeremiah Kennelly Provn. shop
Denis Connor
52 Margaret O'Connor Public house
53 Bernard McGinley Public house
54 John Broderick Public house
55 Timothy Purcell private dwelling
56 James Sullivan same
57 Honora Keane same
58 Thomas Dowd same
59 Catherine Kearns shop
60 Joseph Dolan private dwelling
61 Mary O'Connor grocer's shop
62 uninhabited private dwelling
63 Michael Leahy private dwelling
64 James Carroll same
65 William Cannavan same
John Godfrey
66 Thomas Pierse same
67 Mary O'Connor same
68 Edward O'Connor same
69 uninhabited same
70 William Twomey Public house
71 Michael Costelloe private dwelling
John Kiely
72 Joseph Wilmott private dwelling
73 John Browne Victualler's shop
74 Cornelius Farrell Harness maker's shop
house# Name Building
75 Michael Barry private dwelling
76 Evell Leahy Public house
77 Mary Kelly private dwelling
78 Daniel Sweeney tailor's shop
79 Michael Quill carpenter's shop
80 Thomas Grogan tailor's shop
81 Mary Buckley Public house
82 Mary O'Brien Eating house
83 Ellen Whelan private dwelling
84 Thomas McGrath Restaurant
Julia O'Connor
85 Thomas McElligott private dwelling
86 Thomas Stack private dwelling
87 Garrett Sayers private dwelling
Margaret O'Reilly
Edward Brandon
88 Catherine Banyane store
89 John Barrett tailor's shop
90 Michael Keane shoemaker's shop
91 Johanna Shanahan shop
John Griffin
92 William Leahy Public house
93 uninhabited
94 Timothy Lehane private dwelling
95 James Kenny private dwelling
96 James O'Hanlon Fish and fruit shop
97 Michael Kennelly private dwelling
Edmond Lacy
Daniel McCarthy
Thomas Carey
98 Patrick Loughnane shop
99 Patrick Harnett shoemaker's shop
house # Name Building
100 James Barry shoemaker's shop
101 Mary Costelloe Public house
102 William Kinny Victualler's shop
103 Mary O'Flaherty shop
104 James Enright public house
105 Patrick Kearney Book shop
106 Timothy Moylneax shop
107 James Bunyane Public house
108 Jeremiah J. Larkin Public house
Eugene O'Connell
Kate Driscoll
109 Matthew Finucane Drapers's shop
110 John O'Shea Public house
Mary O'Keefe
Mary Cremmen
111 Elizabeth Loughnane Public house
112 uninhabited
113 uninhabited
114 John C. Harnett Public house
115 Patrick Corridan Public house
116 Jeremiah Buckley Draper's shop and Town Hall
Elizabeth McMahon
Gertrude Clancy
117 Thomas McAuliff Stationer's shop
118 James O'Conner Bacon shop
119 Martin Sheehy grocer's shop
120 Jeremiah Hayes Flour store
121 John Reidy Egg and Feather shop
122 uninhabited
123 Margaret O'Carroll Public house
124 Thomas Hayes private dwelling
125 Male National School #42


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Would # 2 ( Mary Potter, Public house ) be Monty Galvins "The Maid of Erin" ?

SandhillRoad

SandhillRoad

Early 20th Century and mid 20th Century views

SandhillRoad

6,912 Views
Thank you.
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Cherry Tree

Thank you for that; another gem from your vast store of Listowel memorabilia. It's amazing how many of the Church St. names are still to be seen in Listowel.

*Lolly*

Anyone go see the MILK RAS today? Tis pretty packed uptown...
Everyone where i work got sent home at lunch time in fear of road congestion.............
Which means i get all day to browse boards.ie and Ebay yey

*Lolly*

Do you know exactly what it is i aid of/far? not being a born n bred listowel girl i really have no idea with these events!

Cherry Tree

I have taken a few photos. Sandhill might put them up here when he logs in

*Lolly*

Its a shame the boyf's working, he's very good with the camera, im sure uve all seen his pics up on the photography thread.
Do they do it for charity or something? and why may i ask, is it called MILK?

SandhillRoad

*Lolly*

Oh where abouts exactly is that first pic taken??
Tis pretty

SandhillRoad

Picture was taken at the edge of the town as you enter from

*Lolly*

From???

Cherry Tree

Thank you very much, Sandhill.
The sign was planted yesterday outside the girls' secondary school. I agree its lovely.
FBD are the sponsors of the Rás. Bord Bainne were the previous sponsors so the title Milk Rás stuck.

SandhillRoad

FBD RAS. LISTOWEL

*Lolly* wrote:

From???

Sorry about that LOLLY. I guessed it was near a girls' school on account of all the girls in the picture.

You are closer to it than I.
I am thousands of miles away from Listowel, but I do my best.

Welcome to the Listowel Forum LOLLY

SandhillRoad

Seems like I have been blocked from posting in the Dublin City region ???

Cherry Tree

I do not understand!

SandhillRoad

My shrink says it might be that I am in the wrong place?

[PHP][/PHP]Close to 200 views ,since that thread started on April 24th 2006.

Could it be that it is all views and no other replys other than myself ?

SandhillRoad

For those of us,far from home. How things have changed.

Has anyone been inside to let us know what it's like ?

SandhillRoad

SandhillRoad wrote:

Hope you have your sound on for this......... Thanks



Scroll to the end of the message !:

Come on ! Join in.We would like to hear from you.Let us know where you are now. Thanks

Listen, remember and enjoy

Miss Cellaneous

went down to the castle today to see if the old stone face was still there and lo and behold hes still looking down on us all. Do you remember it ? I took a photo but I don't know how to upload it to this page.

SandhillRoad

Miss Cellaneous wrote:

went down to the castle today to see if the old stone face was still there and lo and behold hes still looking down on us all. Do you remember it ? I took a photo but I don't know how to upload it to this page.

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Hi MC,
go to www.imageshack.us
( sign in or whatever you have to do)

Click : BROWSE
(get your photo from your computer)

Click :HOST IT.

Wait a second

Then go to end of list and
Highlight : DIRECT LINK TO IMAGE
(with a left click)

Then Go to upper left of screen and LEFT click EDIT and then click COPY.

NOW go back to BOARDS.IE

Click the YELLOW ENVELOPE( you may see the words "insert image" pop up ) At top ,on the right of 'message:
A window will open on left of screen.
RIGHT CLICK in that and click PASTE.

I am going to give it a try, ( which will be the picture at the beginning of this answer).
Good luck.
It will soon as easy as tying your laces.

SandhillRoad

This is our Chief Tech. He will be around later to see how things are doing.

snow scorpion

SandhillRoad wrote:

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Hi MC,
go to www.imageshack.us
( sign in or whatever you have to do)

Click : BROWSE
(get your photo from your computer)

Click :HOST IT.

Wait a second

Then go to end of list and
Highlight : DIRECT LINK TO IMAGE
(with a left click)

Then Go to upper left of screen and LEFT click EDIT and then click COPY.

NOW go back to BOARDS.IE

Click the YELLOW ENVELOPE( you may see the words "insert image" pop up ) At top ,on the right of 'message:
A window will open on left of screen.
RIGHT CLICK in that and click PASTE.

I am going to give it a try, ( which will be the picture at the beginning of this answer).
Good luck.
It will soon as easy as tying your laces.

You have learned well, grasshopper.

Miss Cellaneous

Here goes and I hope it works
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8320/castlefacecopy0pk.jpg
Thanks for the help this imageshack is mighty !

SandhillRoad

snow scorpion wrote:

You have learned well, grasshopper.

\I was taught by the MASTER of the worldwide intraweb. Himself ,no less

SandhillRoad

Miss Cellaneous wrote:

Here goes and I hope it works
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8320/castlefacecopy0pk.jpg
Thanks for the help this imageshack is mighty !

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MC please check your private message mail box

Cherry Tree

Miss Cellaneous wrote:

Here goes and I hope it works
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8320/castlefacecopy0pk.jpg
Thanks for the help this imageshack is mighty !

What a super picture!
Since all and sundry can use it, I now feel like a dunce for not mastering this picture upload business. Note to self; Try again soon

Cherry Tree

Did it !

SandhillRoad

Cherry Tree wrote:

Did it !

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Congrats CHERRYTREE.
Would you drop this letter in the box for me as you pass by.

Cherry Tree

Well, aren't you the clever one. I learn one skill and you go one better. I'm mightily impressed

SandhillRoad

Cherry Tree wrote:

Well, aren't you the clever one. I learn one skill and you go one better. I'm mightily impressed

Cherrytree,
The envelope ( without name and address) was for sale on eBay. Some one was in Listowel in 2000 and had them hand cancel the stamps ! A Cork person had it for sale.

SandhillRoad

CHERRYTREE wrote :Well, aren't you the clever one. I learn one skill and you go one better.
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Just want to show you what a new world has opened to you.
You will soon come up with something that I do not know about.
We learn from each other.SNOWSCORPION & REIC ( where the hell is he ?) showed me how to do it with imageshack.

SandhillRoad

I hope all are having an enjoyable sunny day in Listowel. Now for a trip to Ballyb to catch the salt sea air. Hmmmmmmmmm.

Cherry Tree

Sure are enjoying this Irish summer

snow scorpion

Where is that in relation to the square?

Cherry Tree

That is Listowel Castle with new statue of Bryan MacMahon in the foreground. The castle is located a few doors down from the church on the town side. Apologies that the picture is so big. I'll have to go back to letting Sandhill do this photo thing.

SandhillRoad

It's 10:19PM in Listowel .
Thanks for the great photo.
They did a fine job. Have you been inside ?

SandhillRoad

Since I can no longer post in the DUBLIN CITY forum would someone of you please add to the thread in " News for Listowel people in Dublin" (started by me ) that SANDHILLROAD prefers to stay put in the South and will no longer be of bother them.
Thanks.

Cherry Tree

I went to the Dublin thread to post your message and it said "closed" where it should say "post reply". I think that that is outrageous. What is going on? Who monitors these threads?

SandhillRoad

Cherry Tree wrote:

I went to the Dublin thread to post your message and it said "closed" where it should say "post reply". I think that that is outrageous. What is going on? Who monitors these threads?

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CHERRYTREE,

After NIGHTCRAWLER posted, the forum was closed. I questioned earlier in the HELP DESK forum how to proceed with locking the " News for Listowel People in Dublin " ,as the thread would continue to be nothing but tasteless and petty remarks, 'though it had a good number of views.They closed it overnight.
Thank you for your effort.

Cherry Tree

Don't take it too much to heart, Sandhill. There will always be nasty people in the world, but for every one nasty one there are many more who appreciate what you are doing.