Lovely part of the world Dave - also the home of Irish playwright John B Keane who had a bar there
My fondest memory of Listowel was on our second visit to Ireland We'd gone to the Fleadh (before we grew out of them) which had been cancelled in sympathy with the Civil Rights marches in The North
All the musicians locked themselves in the Bars and played away - we met a storyteller who told us stories in the street and then took us into a 'forbidden' session
Jim