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Listowel
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Also known as Lios Tuathail

Listowel ( ; , ) is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,794 according to the 2022 census, the third largest in the county. Listowel is also the name of a townland within the town and an encompassing civil parish.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Listowel
Settlement.native_name_lang
ga
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Statue of John B Keane in Listowel - geograph.org.uk - 506946.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
John B. Keane statue in the Small Square
Settlement.image_shield
Listowel Crest.png
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Munster
Settlement.subdivision_name2
County Kerry
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
5.4
Settlement.elevation_m
27

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Official name
Lios Tuathail
Located in
County Kerry
Population
4820
Area
33
Elevation
27
Body of water
River Feale
Official website
www.listowel.ie
Image
Listowel-Ballypan-cut.jpg
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Commons category
Listowel
historic county
County Kerry
native label
Lios Tuathail
twinned administrative body
Los Gatos
P12749
Hoplites
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Encyclopedic overview

28 sections
Contents
  • Location
  • History
  • Origin of the name
  • Listowel Castle
  • Lartigue Monorailway
  • Listowel Mutiny
  • Earl of Listowel
  • Economy
  • Kerry Co-op
  • Kerry Group
  • Education
  • Festivals and events
  • Listowel Races
  • Listowel Writers' Week
  • Listowel Food Fair
  • Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
  • Political representation
  • Sport
  • Architecture
  • Notable people
  • Art and academics
  • Military, politics and public service
  • Sport
  • Related communities
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Listowel ( ; , ) is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,794 according to the 2022 census, the third largest in the county. Listowel is also the name of a townland within the town and an encompassing civil parish.

Described by the organisers of Listowel's writers festival as the "Literary Capital of Ireland", a number of internationally known playwrights and authors have lived there, including Bryan MacMahon and John B. Keane.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Listowel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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