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Lios Póil

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Lios Póil Lispole
Village
	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)
• Urban	768
Irish Grid Reference	Q518011
	As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Lios Póil is the only official name.

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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

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.

[1] 2006 Census Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Placenames Database of Ireland

[3] "Lispole station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Retrieved 3 November 2007.

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+'''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&nbsp;km east of the town of [[Dingle]] and 40&nbsp;km west of [[Tralee]] on the [[N86 road (Ireland)|N86]] [[National Secondary Route]].
-[[Image:Lispole viaduct.jpg|thumb|200px|left|<center>Lispole Viaduct</center>]]
-'''Lispole''' ({{lang-ga|Lios Póil}}) is a vibrant and rapidly expanding Gaeltacht [[village]] in [[County Kerry]], [[Ireland]]. It is situated on the [[Dingle Peninsula]] 5 miles east of the somewhat more dull town of [[Dingle]] and 25 miles west of the crime hotspot [[Tralee]] on the [[N86 road|N86]] [[National Secondary Route]].
-==Amenities==
-Lispole has many amenities for locals and tourists alike. The village boasts two convenience stores, one with a petrol station. The village also has a church, a pub, a primary school, a GAA pitch including a handball alley, a community hall, a preschool and recent addition being a wildlife and seal sanctuary. The area also boasts some of the nicest beaches in the Dingle Peninsula and even some of the nicest in the world.
 ==Transport==
-*Bus Éireann services between [[Tralee]] and [[Dingle]] on the 275 route serve Lispole on an infrequent basis.
+[[Bus Éireann]] services between Tralee and Dingle on the 275 route serve Lispole.
-*The current timetable from Lispole is as follows:
-:To TRALEE; 07:30, 10:30, 14:55 and 16:55 Monday-Saturday and 12:30, 16:10, 17:40 and (19:15 Summer) Sundays.
-:To DINGLE; 12:30, 15:00, 17:20, 19:05 and (21:10 Friday only) Monday-Saturday and 12:00, 15:00, 17:10 and (19:00 Summer).
-*The [[Tralee and Dingle Light Railway|Tralee and Dingle]] narrow gauge railway ran through Lispole, and a [[viaduct]] on the line still stands close to the village. Lispole railway station opened on 1 April 1891, closed for passenger traffic on 17 April 1939, closed for goods traffic on 10 March 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 July 1953.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lispole station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-11-03|format=PDF}}</ref>
+The [[Tralee and Dingle Light Railway|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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lispole station | work=Railscot – Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref>
 ==People==
-*Lispole is the birthplace of [[Joe Higgins]] a former Socialist Party TD and a current 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.
 *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==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.kerrycoco.ie/planning/lispole.asp  Kerry County Council Lispole Plan]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050209140437/http://kerrycoco.ie/planning/lispole.asp  Kerry County Council Lispole Plan]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124542/http://95.45.178.102/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0999.pdf Statement of James Fitzgerald, OC Lispole Company, Irish Volunteers, 1913-1921], Bureau of Military History.
-[[Category:Towns and villages in County Kerry]]
+{{County Kerry}}
-[[Category:Gaeltacht towns in county Kerry]]
+[[Category:Towns and villages in County Kerry]]
-[[ga:Lios Póil]]
+[[Category:Gaeltacht places in County Kerry]]
-[[nl:Lispole]]
-[[ru:Лиспол]]

v t e Places in County Kerry
County town: Tralee
Towns	Ballybunion Cahersiveen Castleisland Dingle Kenmare Killorglin Killarney Listowel Tralee
Parishes, Villages and Townlands	Abbeydorney Annascaul Ardfert Asdee Ballydavid Ballinskelligs Ballyduff Ballyferriter Ballyheigue Ballylongford Ballymacelligott Ballyseedy Blennerville Bonane Brandon Creek Brandon Brosna Caherboshina Caherdaniel Camp Castlecove Castlegregory Castlemaine Causeway Chapeltown Cloghane Coolgarriv Currans Currow Derrymore Derrynane Duagh Dunquin Doonshean Fahamore Farranfore Fenit Feothanach Fieries Finuge Fossa Glenbeigh Glenflesk Gneeveguilla Kilcummin Kilderry Kilflynn Kilgarvan Kilmoyley Knightstown Knockanure Knocknagoshel Lispole Lisselton Lixnaw Milltown Moyvane Portmagee Rathmore Scraggane Sneem Spa Tarbert Templenoe Tuosist Valentia Island Ventry Waterville
Islands	Beginish Blasket Islands Deenish Fenit Innisfallen Magharee Islands Puffin Scariff Skellig Islands Valentia
List of townlands in County Kerry Category:Geography of County Kerry

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