Lispole
Village in County Kerry, Ireland
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Lios Póil (anglicised as Lispole) is a Gaeltacht[2] village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Dingle Peninsula, 8 km east of the town of Dingle and 40 km west of Tralee on the N86 National Secondary Route.
Lios Póil
Lispole | |
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Village | |
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  Lios Póil Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′29″N 10°09′47″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Urban | 768 |
| Irish Grid Reference | Q518011 |
| As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Lios Póil is the only official name. | |
Transport
Bus Éireann services between Tralee and Dingle on the 275 route serve Lispole.
The Tralee and Dingle narrow gauge railway ran through Lispole, and a viaduct on the line still stands near the village. Lispole railway station opened on 1 April 1891, shut for passenger traffic on 17 April 1939, shut for goods traffic on 10 March 1947 and shut altogether on 1 July 1953.[3]
People
- Lispole is the birthplace of Joe Higgins, former Socialist Party TD for Dublin West and former MEP for the Dublin constituency.
- Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary Thomas Ashe (Irish: Tomás Ághas).
- Catherine Ashe, Gregory Peck's paternal grandmother, had ties to the area, which Peck frequently visited because of his family connections.[4]
- Lispole is the birthplace of Paudie Fitzgerald, cyclist and businessman. Won the Rás Tailteann in 1956 and attempted to represent Ireland in the Melbourne Olympics the same year
- Sister Stan founder of the charity Focus Ireland was born and grew up in the townlond of Rinn Bhuí in Lispole