Listowel Writer's Week #3

This is the third year that I have gone on the Historical and Literary Bus Tour during Listowel Writer's Week. Once again it was informative and interesting, though perhaps less photogenic than other years. We also went on a Literary walking tour of Listowel - on one of the hottest days of the year (which in Ireland is low 80's!). Here are a few pictures to give an idea of what we enjoyed. The musical group includes banjo player Killian, a friend of ours who has appeared several times on this blog!


Above, the group watching an excerpt from "Sive" - a play by local author John B. Keane, celebrating the 50th year of its debut in Listowel. We are outside a pub in Lyrecrompane, a small village where he spent his summers. Below are 3 of the characters. The priest is the man who accompanies and narrates these tours every year.


This is a pub front in Listowel. During English rule, they were required to remove all signs in Gaelic; this one was covered up instead of removed and then very recently, during renovations by a grandson of the original owner, it was uncovered and refurbished. It says O'Sullivan in Gaelic.