Listowel

Listowel is a Heritage town and a market metropolis in County Kerry, Ireland, and is located on the River Feale, 28 km from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of four,820 according to the CSO Census 2016. Described via the organisers of Listowel's writers competition as the "Literary Capital of Ireland", a number of across the world recognized playwrights and authors have lived there, such as Bryan MacMahon and John B. Keane. Listowel is at the N69 Limerick Foynes – Tralee avenue. Bus Eireann offers daily offerings to Tralee, Cork, and Limerick. The nearest railway station is Tralee. Listowel used to have its own railway station on a vast gauge line between Tralee and Limerick town; but, this changed into closed to passengers in 1963, to freight in 1978, and in the end abandoned and lifted in 1988. The station constructing has been preserved as a personal house.

Listowel is placed at the pinnacle of the North Kerry limestone undeniable. Positioned inside the very coronary heart of North Kerry, on the River Feale, its hinterland is an area of especially dairy agricultural use. The barony of Iraghticonnor is to the north, with the barony of Clanmaurice to the south. Surrounding villages encompass Asdee, Ballybunion, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Causeway, Duagh, Lisselton, Lixnaw, Moyvane, Finuge and Tarbert.