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'''Lios Póil''' (anglicized '''Lispole''') is a [[Gaeltacht]]<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/1393748.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> village in [[County Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is on the [[Dingle Peninsula]], 8 km east of the town of [[Dingle]] and 40 km west of [[Tralee]] on the [[N86 road (Ireland)|N86]] [[National Secondary Route]]. |
'''Lios Póil''' (anglicized as '''Lispole''') is a [[Gaeltacht]]<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/1393748.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> village in [[County Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is on the [[Dingle Peninsula]], 8 km east of the town of [[Dingle]] and 40 km west of [[Tralee]] on the [[N86 road (Ireland)|N86]] [[National Secondary Route]]. |
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*Lispole is the birthplace of [[Joe Higgins]], former Socialist Party TD for [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]] and former MEP for the Dublin constituency. |
*Lispole is the birthplace of [[Joe Higgins (politician)|Joe Higgins]], former Socialist Party TD for [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]] and former MEP for the Dublin constituency. |
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*Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary [[Thomas Ashe]] (Irish: Tomás Ághas). |
*Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary [[Thomas Ashe]] (Irish: Tomás Ághas). |
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*Lispole is the birthplace of [[Paudie Fitzgerald]], cyclist and businessman. Won the [[Rás Tailteann]] in 1956 and attempted to represent Ireland in the Melbourne Olympics the same year |
*Lispole is the birthplace of [[Paudie Fitzgerald]], cyclist and businessman. Won the [[Rás Tailteann]] in 1956 and attempted to represent Ireland in the Melbourne Olympics the same year |
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Lios Póil
Lispole | |
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Village | |
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  Lios Póil Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′29″N 10°09′47″W / 52.141495°N 10.16304°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Urban | 768 |
| Irish Grid Reference | Q518011 |
| As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Lios Póil is the only official name. | |
Lios Póil (anglicized as Lispole) is a Gaeltacht[2] village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Dingle Peninsula, 8 km east of the town of Dingle and 40 km west of Tralee on the N86 National Secondary Route.
Transport[edit]
Bus Éireann services between Tralee and Dingle on the 275 route serve Lispole.
The Tralee and Dingle narrow gauge railway ran through Lispole, and a viaduct on the line still stands near the village. Lispole railway station opened on 1 April 1891, shut for passenger traffic on 17 April 1939, shut for goods traffic on 10 March 1947 and shut altogether on 1 July 1953.[3]
People[edit]
- Lispole is the birthplace of Joe Higgins, former Socialist Party TD for Dublin West and former MEP for the Dublin constituency.
- Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary Thomas Ashe (Irish: Tomás Ághas).
- Lispole is the birthplace of Paudie Fitzgerald, cyclist and businessman. Won the Rás Tailteann in 1956 and attempted to represent Ireland in the Melbourne Olympics the same year
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 2006 Census Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ "Lispole station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
External links[edit]
- Kerry County Council Lispole Plan
- Statement of James Fitzgerald, OC Lispole Company, Irish Volunteers, 1913-1921, Bureau of Military History.
