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{{Short description|Village in County Kerry, Ireland}} |
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| gaeilge = Lios Póil |
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|official_name = Lios Póil |
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| map image = Ireland map County Kerry Magnified.png |
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|settlement_type = Village |
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| pin coords = left: 38px; top: 64px |
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|image_skyline =Church at Lispole - geograph.org.uk - 17816.jpg |
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| north coord = 52.141495 |
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| west coord = 10.16304 |
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|pushpin_map = Ireland |
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| irish grid = Q518011 |
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |
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|subdivision_type = Country |
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|subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] |
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|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] |
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| town pop = 768 |
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| population note = <ref>[http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=1911 2006 Census]</ref> |
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|subdivision_type3 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]] |
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| census yr = 2006 |
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|subdivision_name3 = [[County Kerry]] |
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|unit_pref = Metric |
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|population_as_of = 2006 |
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|population_footnotes = <ref>[http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=1911 2006 Census] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511020610/http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=1911 |date=11 May 2008 }}</ref> |
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|population_urban = 768 |
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|coordinates = {{coord|52.141495|-10.16304|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |
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|blank_name = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish Grid Reference]] |
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|blank_info = {{iem4ibx|Q518011}} |
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|footnotes =As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish ''Lios Póil'' is the only official name. |
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⚫ | '''Lios Póil''' (anglicized as '''Lispole''') is a [[Gaeltacht]]<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/1393748.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> village in [[County Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is on the [[Dingle Peninsula]], 8 km east of the town of [[Dingle]] and 40 km west of [[Tralee]] on the [[N86 road (Ireland)|N86]] [[National Secondary Route]]. |
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[[Image:Lispole viaduct.jpg|thumb|200px|left|<center>Lispole Viaduct</center>]] |
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==Amenities== |
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Lispole has many amenities for locals and tourists alike. The village boasts two convenience stores, one with a petrol station. The village also has a church, a pub, a primary school, a GAA pitch including a handball alley, a community hall, a preschool and recent addition being a wildlife and seal sanctuary. The area also boasts some of the nicest beaches in the Dingle Peninsula and even some of the nicest in the world. |
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==Transport== |
==Transport== |
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[[Bus Éireann]] services between Tralee and Dingle on the 275 route serve Lispole. |
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*The current timetable from Lispole is as follows: |
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:To TRALEE; 07:30, 10:30, 14:55 and 16:55 Monday-Saturday and 12:30, 16:10, 17:40 and (19:15 Summer) Sundays. |
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:To DINGLE; 12:30, 15:00, 17:20, 19:05 and (21:10 Friday only) Monday-Saturday and 12:00, 15:00, 17:10 and (19:00 Summer). |
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The [[Tralee and Dingle Light Railway|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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lispole station | work=Railscot – Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref> |
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==People== |
==People== |
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*Lispole is the birthplace of [[Joe Higgins]] |
*Lispole is the birthplace of [[Joe Higgins (politician)|Joe Higgins]], former Socialist Party TD for [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]] and former MEP for the Dublin constituency. |
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*Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary [[Thomas Ashe]] (Irish: Tomás Ághas). |
*Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary [[Thomas Ashe]] (Irish: Tomás Ághas). |
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*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 |
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==See also== |
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==External links== |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050209140437/http://kerrycoco.ie/planning/lispole.asp Kerry County Council Lispole Plan] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124542/http://95.45.178.102/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0999.pdf Statement of James Fitzgerald, OC Lispole Company, Irish Volunteers, 1913-1921], Bureau of Military History. |
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{{County Kerry}} |
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[[Category:Towns and villages in County Kerry]] |
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[[ga:Lios Póil]] |
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[[nl:Lispole]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:41, 22 April 2023
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Lios Póil
Lispole | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°08′29″N 10°09′47″W / 52.141495°N 10.16304°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. |
Lios Póil (anglicized 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.
Transport
[edit]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
[edit]- 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).
- 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
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 2006 Census Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ "Lispole station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
External links
[edit]- Kerry County Council Lispole Plan
- Statement of James Fitzgerald, OC Lispole Company, Irish Volunteers, 1913-1921, Bureau of Military History.