Lixnaw
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| Lixnaw Leic Snámha |
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| Town population: | 248 |
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| County: | Kerry |
| Province: | Munster |
Lixnaw (Leic Snámha or "The swimming flagstone" in Irish) is a village in North County Kerry, Ireland.
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[edit] Geography
Located near the River Brick 11Km SW of Listowel and 17Km NE of Tralee.
[edit] History
Once the seat of the Lords and Earls of Kerry in the 13th Century.
[edit] Places of interest
Korean War Memorial [1][2] Erected to honour the Irish soldiers who died in the Korean War. A total of twenty-nine Irishmen died while serving under conscription in the US Army under the banner of the UN from 1950-1953. The monument takes the form of a stone arch, 12 feet high and 17 feet wide with three granite slabs on which all 35 names, addresses and dates of death are inscribed.
St. Michael's Church is a Roman Catholic church designed by Irish architect J.J.McCarthy, but more Norman than Celtic in design, due to having to flank the nave with aisles that open off it through robust round arched arcades. Modernised interior.
St. Michael's Holy Well features a statue depicting St. Michael's defeat of Satan.
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