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 6 miles from An Daingean and 30 miles from Tralee on the Dingle Peninsula on the N86 National Secondary Route. What a hole Bus Services between Tralee and An Daingean also serve Lispole.
Lispole is the birthplace of Joe Higgins, TD.
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Minard Castle damaged by Cromwellian forces in 1641.
Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary Thomas Ashe. Irish: Tomás Ághas
The Dingle Narrow Gauge Railway ran through Lispole, and today a viaduct from that line still exists.
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