Lispole
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| Lispole Lios Póil |
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| Irish Grid Reference Q518011 |
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| Province: | Munster | |
| County: | County Kerry | |
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Lispole (Irish: Lios Póil) is a village in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. The village is situated approximately 5 miles from An Daingean and 24 miles from Tralee on the Dingle Peninsula on the N86 National Secondary Route.
Bus Services between Tralee and An Daingean also serve Lispole.
Lispole is the birthplace of Joe Higgins, TD.
[edit] History
Minard Castle damaged by Cromwellian forces in 1641.
Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary Thomas Ashe.
The Dingle Narrow Gauge Railway ran through Lispole, and today a viaduct from that line still exists.
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