Lispole

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Lispole
Lios Póil
Location
Location of Lispole
centerMap highlighting Lispole
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
52.141495° N 10.16304° W
Irish Grid Reference
Q518011
Statistics
Province: Munster
County: County Kerry
Population ()
Lispole Viaduct
Lispole Viaduct

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.

[edit] History

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.

Minard Castle, Lispole, County Kerry
Minard Castle, Lispole, County Kerry

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