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John B Keane

Out in the Open: A letter to my fellow workers, Sir Stafford and Mr Chamberlain

In 1945 I was 17 years of age. It was a memorable time because I was a witness to the end of a way of life. TThis was a time when every country man kept a pig, tilled a garden and cut his own turf. This was the way of it too in small towns and ...

23 Jun 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: The love (and hate) story I dare not to write

HAS IT ever occurred to you why nobody has ever written a book about his or her relationship? The books on public relations and international relations run into thousands, and the authors with the capacity to pen books on their relations also ...

22 Sept 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: The tragedy and the comedy of being misheard

THIS week’s treatise I will devote solely to the tragedy and the comedy of misunderstanding others and of being misunderstood ourselves. Readers may have become aware lately of the presence of a middle aged drunk with a bottle-scarred face ...

02 Jun 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Bosses, set an egg test for would-be employees

LONG AGO, when I was a boy, that is to say a real boy wearing short pants, with no interest in girls, the cap of a boiled egg was a much prized addition to the breakfast or supper of a growing girl or gorsoon. In those halcyon and ...

23 Feb 2020 at 14:00

John B Keane

Reputation, Reputation, Reputation, I have lost my reputation

ON Sunday Morning last I took Jack Faulkner to Dirha Bog. It was no novelty for the famous traveller for he had camped there many a time in his heyday. However, 20 years had gone by since his last visit. He met Canavan’s talking ...

12 May 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Mickey, the healthiest man I ever knew

THE TWO most valuable assets a man can possess are good health and peace of mind. If you wish, you may interpret peace of mind as the grace of God. Peace of mind may be acquired by living a full Christian life, whereas good ...

08 Dec 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Spinster and the egg: a true work of art

MOST PEOPLE like ourselves would have no idea what constitutes a work of art or a masterpiece or a classic in any field. That is why I have come here today to enlighten and elucidate. I remember after I read Pickwick ...

10 Nov 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Days of the Castleisland Blonde and stew that fed an army

MCCONACHIE’S stew. That was the staple diet of those intrepid troopers who encamped themselves on the slopes of Renagown in Lyreacrompane when Ireland was especially geared for a state of emergency at the outbreak ...

01 Sept 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Gratuities for the frequently maligned publicans

PUBLICANS are much in the news at the present time. Prices are under review, and there are numerous letters to the Press accusing them of overcharging. Publicans, of course, have always been vilified by ...

13 Oct 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: A letter to my fellow workers, Sir Stafford and Mr Chamberlain

IN 1945 I was 17 years of age. It was a memorable time because I was a witness to the end of a way of life. This was a time when every countryman kept a pig, tilled a garden and cut his own turf. This ...

01 Dec 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Giving Cupid a helping hand: Dan Paddy Andy

MORE THIS week about Dan Paddy Andy O'Sullivan, the great North Kerry matchmaker. Dan Paddy Andy, as we have seen in earlier studies was responsible for over 400 marriages. Only one of these failed ...

21 Jul 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out In The Open: Why you should come to my home town this week

LISTOWEL’S Writers’ Week, the sixth since its inauguration in 1971, starts on June 1, which is Tuesday next, and ends the following Sunday. A recent brochure compiled by the committees of Writers’ ...

26 May 2019 at 14:00

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