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The combined population of Listowel Urban and Rural Districts is 22,668 (3,393 in the town itself).
A famous race meet takes place here annually, usually in the last week of September. Listowel is 15 km (9 miles) from Ballybunion, home to one of the most famous golf courses in the world.
Listowel is on the N69 Limerick - Foynes - Tralee road. Bus Éireann provides daily services to Tralee, Cork, and Limerick. The nearest railway station is Tralee. The town was connected to both Tralee and Limerick by railway, until the closure of the line in the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends (see ).
A rather unique part Listowel plays in Irish railway historyThe history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland as a whole had 3,400 route miles of railway. The current status is less than half that amount, with a large unserviced area around is the honour of hosting the world's first monorailA monorail is a metro or railroad with a track consisting of a single rail (actually a beam), as opposed to the traditional track with two parallel rails. Monorail vehicles are wider than the beam they run on. Types and Technical Aspects There are two mai operation. The Lartigue system connected the town with Ballybunion, with a double-engined steam locomotive straddling an elevated rail. Coaches, with a compartment on either side of the rail, were kept balanced. If a cow had to be brought to market, two calves would be sent also, to balance it on the other side. The calves would be returned, one on either side of the rail.
The town of Listowel is also famous for being the host of Writers Week. A number of nationally known playwrights and authors have lived there including John B. Keane and Brian McMahon.