The Nunday event took place in Listowel on 30 June 2012, and set a new record for the "largest gathering of people dressed as nuns".

BBC: A man dressed as a nun drinks outside a pub

Keane, is located just off the main town square in Listowel.

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Everyone we met listened to my stories with genuine interest, and I left Listowel with a real sense that I had made friends that will last.

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Crossbencher the Earl of Listowel claimed that "half of children in the juvenile estate" had experience of local authority care, and called for a review of "services for looked-after children" including those in children's homes.

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Billy now runs the pub that his father owned until his death in 2002, and, in the tradition of Listowel pub owners, lives upstairs from the bar stools and taps that draw in crowds of locals every night.

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Mr Walsh, who was a member of the Nunday organising committee, said the small town's population doubled for the day as up to 3, 000 extra people came to Listowel to either participate in or witness the unusual event.

BBC: A man dressed as a nun drinks outside a pub