![]() While I was photographing Martin, Liz MacAuliffe came by and stopped to admire the work. I took this photo on Swhen there was still some work to be done. The next stage in the transformation is the sign painting. Harp and Lion, Listowel’s Most Beautiful Shopfront Hi Mary, just been reading your story regarding the Titanic and I remember a funny story a friend told me some time ago, he said that when they found the wreckage in 1951 they were amazed that the swimming pool was still full. Édaein O’Connell has an answer in her article in The Irish Independent. We are tired of hearing of the struggles of travellers in Dublin airport these days. Éadaein, Kerry Airport’s Favourite Passenger? Here is Seamus on the day of the unveiling, June 2 2007.īoth these photos are from The Examiner article. This is Seamus Connolly, the artist responsible. The statue is an excellent likeness of the playwright. John B.’s statue was featured recently in The Examiner’s series Munster in 30 Artworks. ![]() In Listowel we are lucky to have excellent statues of our two most famous literary figures, John B. ![]() George Best’s statue divided opinion in his native Belfast. There have been some famous disasters, Princess Diana and Ronaldo among them. Reproducing someone’s likeness in bronze is notoriously difficult. ![]() The first statue was rejected as being “a poor likeness”. Now this is the second attempt at sculpting this lady’s likeness. On the left is the recently unveiled statue of Maureen O’Hara in Glengarriff. We are lucky to have such a multi talented lady in our midst. Frances is a storyteller and raconteur as well as a singer. There was even a station where you could have a few adjustments made to make your costume more Dolly like. I’m taking my blankie and I’m outa here.” In the sports field, the largest number of people dressed as Dolly Parton in one place ever were gathered by an incredibly hard working committee.Įvery aspect of the organisation of this event was phenomenal, from the initial concept to the publicity, the marketing, the local and national buy in right through to the logistics on the day. On Saturday June 24 2023, Listowel entered a new record in The Guinness Book of Records. ![]() I did not venture outdoors except to bale out my shed so I’ve gathered these photos from Facebook.įor the third year in a row the very popular Damien and Jade of the very popular Jumbo’s picked up the top award for best family restaurant at The Irish Hospitality Awards. On Tuesday June 20th 2023 Listowel experienced monsoon like rainfall, followed by extensive flooding throughout the town. Many people of a certain vintage point to her writing as a deterrent from learning Irish ("That bitch ruined my life!", exclaims one person, in a story).Mown and unmown areas in Childers’ Park in June 2023 It was never Sayers' intention to be placed on the curriculum in the first place, of course. A constant of the documentary, in fact, is questioning her suitability for the syllabus in the first place - a decision attributed to the early Irish governments' attempts at placing an established Irish canon in schools, as well as selective interpretation on her son Maidhc's part when writing stories down. It's one thing to see old pictures and read tales that reinforce perceptions of Sayers as a doom-sayer, especially when set against excerpts of others' work satirising her life and legacy.īut when Ní Uallacháin steps into the archives at the National Folklore Collection at UCD, history springs to life. Pictures of a broadly-smiling old woman, taking obvious joy in speaking with others, cast her in a new light. One of the documentary's real standout moments, though, comes when existing recordings of Peig's storytelling are played from reel-to-reel tape, revealing a raspy, colourful voice that betrays a natural orator. She filled her brief well," remarks a clearly-awed Ní Uallacháin. Heading home for Corca Dhuibne, a homeplace she shares with the great storyteller, Ní Uallacháin makes for the Blasket Centre, where she speaks with Máire Ní Dhálaigh, who sets about righting a long-held wrong. "Peig was the Netflix of the time," says Ní Dhálaig, outlining a different side to Sayers' legacy, one of a full house where friends and neighbours would gather to be entertained. ![]()
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