Listowel, County Kerry | Sandes Ancestry

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Listowel is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, 28 km (17 mi) 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.[2] Listowel is also the name of a townland within the town and an encompassing civil parish.[5]

Described by the organisers of Listowel's writers festival as the "Literary Capital of Ireland",[6] a number of internationally known playwrights and authors have lived there, including Bryan MacMahon and John B. Keane.

Listowel, County Kerry

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Associated Events

Birth | 22 March 1791 | John Sandes (1791 - 1845)

Death | 31 May 1845 | John Sandes (1791 - 1845)

Birth | 24 January 1791 | Thomas H. Sandes (1791 - 1839)

Birth | 5 February 1793 | Arthur Sandes (1793 - 1832)

Birth | 22 February 1794 | John Sandes (1794 - 1846)

Birth | 11 November 1796 | Agnes Sandes (1796 - )

Birth | 1 February 1798 | Margaret Sandes (1798 - 1888)

Death | 15 August 1789 | Francis Hewson (1731 - 1789)