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Lisselton

Village in County Kerry, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Lisselton
native_name	Lios Eiltín
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Lisselton, Saint Teresa's Church.jpg
image_caption	Saint Teresa's Church
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	top
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Munster
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	County Kerry
unit_pref	Metric
coordinates

Lisselton () is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located 8 km northwest of Listowel on the R553 road to Ballybunion. The village is part of the parish of Ballydonoghue, which is located in the north of the county. The village contains three pubs, several shops and there are two primary schools in the parish.

Sport

The parish Gaelic Athletic Association club is Ballydonoghue GAA club. The club, which has its grounds at Coolard townland, has contributed players on the Kerry inter-county team on a number of occasions. Three members of the club played were members of the 1947 Kerry team that played in the only All Ireland final ever held outside Ireland - the Kerry-Cavan final played in the Polo Grounds in New York.

The local association football (soccer) club, Lisselton Rovers, was previously based in Lisselton and played in the Kerry District League. The club relocated to Ballybunion and renamed themselves LB Rovers in 2012.

Transport

The Lartigue Monorail passed through Lisselton between 1888 and 1924. The village now has a taxi and bus service.

Education

Lisselton National School opened in 1983. The school has approximately 134 students, five class teachers, a learning support teacher, a resource teacher and two special needs assistants. Coolard National School is the second school. Dromerin National School was the third, but it was closed in September 2012 due to dwindling numbers.

Literature

Lisselton was the birthplace of the novelist Maurice Walsh, whose most famous work was The Quiet Man. John B. Keane's family were also from the area and he once remarked that it was a "throbbing vein of literary genius" running through the locality that made it easier to write than not to write.

The Ballydonoghue Parish Magazine was established in the 1980s and each annual edition has articles covering issues of local relevance, including Gaelic games.

References

"Placenames Database of Ireland". Dublin City University.
"Ballydonoghue GAA - Official Website".
(14 July 2021). "LB Rovers bag FAI Club Mark".
"School History". Lisselton National School.
"Ballydonoghue – Parish Magazine".

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