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Lispole

Village in County Kerry, Ireland

Village in County Kerry, Ireland

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official_nameLios Póil
other_nameLispole
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pushpin_map_captionLocation in Ireland
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subdivision_nameIreland
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Munster
subdivision_type3County
subdivision_name3County Kerry
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population_as_of2006
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footnotesAs this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Lios Póil is the only official name.

Lios Póil (anglicised as Lispole) is a Gaeltacht 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

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.

People

  • 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).
  • Catherine Ashe, Gregory Peck's paternal grandmother, had ties to the area, which Peck frequently visited because of his family connections.
  • 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

References

  1. link. (11 May 2008)
  2. [http://www.logainm.ie/1393748.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]
  3. "Lispole station". Railscot – Irish Railways.
  4. (25 June 2019). "Gregory Peck's family reconnect with Ireland". Irish Examiner.
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