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Listowel Racecourse is a horse racing venue in the town of Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland which stages both National Hunt and Flat racing. The course is flat and run left handed over an inner rectangular shaped circuit measuring just over a mile, and a triangular outer circuit of a mile and a furlong. There is a chute for the 7 furlong and 1 ...
The Listowel Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Listowel over a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong (1,811 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. The race was first run in 2011. Prior to 2015 it was run over 1 mile and 4 furlongs.
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It all comes down to this. At the top of Wednesday’s Season 35 finale of The Amazing Race, the Final 3 teams — Rob and Corey, Greg and John, and Joel and Garrett — depart Dublin, Ireland for ...
A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Ireland, under the authority of Horse Racing Ireland, including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern. The distances of the races are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards.
Insular style illustration of a man riding a horse, from the Book of Kells. Horse racing in Ireland has a very long history. The ancient text Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (Destruction of the Mansion of Da-Derga) mentions chariot races taking place on the Curragh during the lifetime of the monarch Conaire Mór, [1] [2] whose reign is disputed but is believed to have occurred sometime between 110 BC ...
Listowel used to have its own railway station on a broad gauge line between Tralee and Limerick city; however, this was closed to passengers in 1963, to freight in 1978, and finally abandoned and lifted in 1988. The station building has been preserved as a private residence. Listowel is located at the head of the North Kerry limestone plain.
28 May–1 June – Listowel Writers' Week. 2 June – June holiday. (H) 16 June – Bloomsday. 21 June – Summer solstice. 28 July–3 August – Galway Races. 1 August – Lúnasa. 4 August – August holiday. (H) 3–10 August – Fleadh Cheoil festival. 10–12 August – Puck Fair. 15–19 August – Rose of Tralee festival.