Lispole
Lios Póil (anglicised as Lispole) is a Gaeltacht 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.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Lios Póil • Other Name — Lispole • Type — Village • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Ireland • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Munster • Subdivision Type3 — County • Subdivision Name3 — County Kerry • Unit Pref — Metric • Population As Of — 2006 • Population Urban — 768 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Custom Label Sec1 — Irish Grid Reference • Footnotes — As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Lios Póil is the only official name.
Transport
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.
People
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. • 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 townland of Rinn Bhuí in Lispole
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