Listowel
Sign in to saveListowel ( ; , ) 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
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Article
28 sectionsContents
- 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.