Listowel honours its Olympic great
The late Olympic great Jerry Kiernan was honoured in his native Listowel last weekend when local athletics club Lios Tuathail AC hosted a tribute night and a memorial 5K road race in his honour.
Over 330 runners took part in the 5K road race through the streets of the North Kerry capital on Sunday afternoon as part of a weekend of events honouring Kiernan, who was born in the town in 1953.
Having grown up in Listowel, he later moved to Dublin where he embarked on his hugely successful running career.
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Butter Road sign unveiled by Millstreet students
A new information sign on the history of the Kerry Butter Road was unveiled at the Six Crosses outside Listowel on Thursday last by a group of students from Millstreet Community College.
The students began a five-day trek earlier that morning in Listowel and after their brief stopover to unveil the sign in the car park of Kelly’s Filling Station hit off on the road to Cork via Lyreacrompane.
Butter was a very important commodity in times past and way back in 1747 construction began on a turnpike road linking Listowel to the famous Cork Butter Market.
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