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John B Keane

Out in the Open: How we used to answer the call of nature

WHEN I was a gorsoon, there were no toilet rolls in our house. The same applied to every house in the street. There were, of course, many alternatives. The most common was your accurately divided newspaper or magazine, cut carefully into rectangular ...

11 Aug 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Those were the days at the crossroads dance hall

OF all the people, distinguished and otherwise, who have received honourable mention over the years in these columns, none has succeeded the same amount of genuine curiosity as the late Dan Paddy Andy O'Sullivan, the great Lyreacompane matchmaker. ...

18 Aug 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’ Week, this now internationally-famous event which ...

26 May 2019 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 dog but was not ...

12 May 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: When words hurt more than sticks and stones

MOST of our English teachers warned us at one time or another of the folly arising from the use of a big word where a small one would do just as well, and a few weeks ago we dealt in-depth, with this aspect of communications as indeed we do ...

08 Sept 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 of the Second World War. ...

01 Sept 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 ...

22 Sept 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Thugs in command and ‘not a garda in sight’

CONCERNING my recent remarks regarding the summer scene in Balybunion and other well-known North Kerry resorts, I have received a number of letters from places as far apart as Emly and the city of Cork. For once all the writers agree ...

25 Aug 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: How to win friends and summons people...

LAST WEEK I met Louis Heaphy of Ballylongford. At the time he was in a hurry but in the short while at his disposal he disclosed that he had retired from the business of process-serving. One can confidently say that Louis Heaphy is ...

14 Jul 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 to work but this was not Dan's ...

21 Jul 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 ...

30 Jun 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: The sea.... it’s a sure guarantee of savage brutality

WHENEVER I read of a safe beach in a holiday brochure or any other form of publication I am appalled at the lack of knowledge displayed by those responsible. Certainly, it may not be my first time to say this, and I can ...

07 Jul 2019 at 14:00

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