Place details
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. Listowel is also the name of a townland within the town and an encompassing civil parish.
Described by the organisers of Listowel's writers festival as the "Literary Capital of Ireland", a number of internationally known playwrights and authors have lived there, including Bryan MacMahon and John B. Keane.
Associated events
| Birth | John Sandes (1791 - 1845) | 22 March 1791 | |
| Death | John Sandes (1791 - 1845) | 31 May 1845 | |
| Birth | Thomas H. Sandes (1791 - 1839) | 24 January 1791 | |
| Birth | Arthur Sandes (1793 - 1832) | 5 February 1793 | |
| Birth | John Sandes (1794 - 1846) | 22 February 1794 | |
| Birth | Agnes Sandes (1796 - ) | 11 November 1796 | |
| Birth | Margaret Sandes (1798 - 1888) | 1 February 1798 | |
| Death | Francis Hewson (1731 - 1789) | 15 August 1789 | He died at Woodford, Listowel. |
| Marriage | John Nunn Woodroffe (1823 - 1892 Anna Sandes (1814 - 1872) |
25 February 1854 | Marriage was registered in Listowel, County Kerry. |
| Marriage | Robert Wren Sandes ( - 1895) Alicia Ponsonby ( - 1895) |
15 September 1852 | |
| Death | Martha Sandes (1823 - 1878) | 25 January 1878 | |
| Birth | John Sandes (1824 - 1887) | 8 March 1824 | |
| Baptism | John Sandes (1824 - 1887) | 12 March 1824 | He was baptised at Listowel, County Kerry (probably St John's Church, Listowel) |
| Baptism | George Sandes (1821 - 1895) | 13 October 1821 | He was baptised at St John's Church, Listowel. |
| Death | George Sandes (1821 - 1895) | 25 October 1895 | He died at his residence in The Square, Listowel after suffering a fit in the bath. |
| Death | Henry Moore Sandes (1832 - 1883) | 13 December 1883 | Died without heirs at Ballygrenane, near Listowel. |
| Irish Census 1901 | Mary Wilhelmina Yielding (1854 - 1928) | 1901 (31 March) | At the time of the census she was living at House No. 10, Listowel Rural, County Kerry under the name of Eagar with her 14 year old daughter Olive MGE Eagar. (daughter's name possibly wrong, see Irish Census 1911 below) |
| Irish Census 1911 | Mary Wilhelmina Yielding (1854 - 1928) | 1911 (2 April) | At the time of the census she was living at House No. 10, Listowel Rural, County Kerry under the name of Eagar with her 24 year old daughter Alice Margaret Eagar. |
| Birth | Thomas William Sandes (1842 - 1895) | 20 May 1842 | |
| Baptism | Thomas William Sandes (1842 - 1895) | 5 June 1842 | |
| Marriage | Henry Smith ( - ) Elizabeth Agnes Sandes (1828 - 1889) |
30 August 1849 | |
| Marriage | William Alton (1807 - 1874) Maria Henrietta Sandes (1831 - 1890) |
20 November 1860 | They had two daughters, Agnes Elizabeth (Bessie) Alton b. 31 July 1866 d. 12 June 1872 and Wilhelmina Maria Alton b. 27 December 1867 d. May 1876. |
| Birth | Rose Agnes Caroline Sandes (1855 - 1888) | 14 December 1855 | |
| Baptism | Rose Agnes Caroline Sandes (1855 - 1888) | 26 December 1855 | Baptised at St. John's Church, Listowel, County Kerry |
| Birth | John Sandes (1868 - ) | 25 September 1868 | |
| Baptism | John Sandes (1868 - ) | 29 October 1868 | Baptised at St John's Church, Listowel |
| Marriage | Robert Butler Moriarty (1852 - ) Agnes Adelaide Sandes (1857 - 1917) |
16 September 1880 | They had two children together, Constance Adelaide (1881-) and Lionel Robert Gordon (1883-1960) |
| Birth | Agnes Adelaide Sandes (1857 - 1917) | 5 August 1857 | |
| Baptism | Agnes Adelaide Sandes (1857 - 1917) | 23 August 1857 | Baptised at St. John's Church, Listowel. |
| Birth | Anna Maria Josephine Sandes (1859 - 1940) | 1 January 1859 | |
| Baptism | Anna Maria Josephine Sandes (1859 - 1940) | 7 February 1859 | She was baptised at St. John's Church, Listowel. |
| Birth | George Sandes (1861 - 1887) | 2 November 1861 | I suspect Burkes (1912) is incorrect for year of birth, see image. |
| Death | George Sandes (1861 - 1887) | 3 March 1887 | He died at the Country Club in Listowel, County Kerry after two days of illness, aged 26. |
| Ireland Census 1911 | Hugh Heneage Finch (1871 - 1944) Amy Margaret Sandes (1878 - 1950) |
1911 (2 April) |