Lispole

Infobox Irish Place
name = Lispole
gaeilge = Lios Póil
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west coord = 10.16304
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province = Munster
county = County Kerry
town pop = 768 ( [http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=1911 2006 Census] ) rural pop =
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Lispole ( _ga. Lios Póil) is a village in County Kerry in Ireland. It is situated approximately 6 miles from An Daingean (Dingle) and 25 miles from Tralee on the Dingle Peninsula on the N86 National Secondary Route.

Transport

*Bus Services between Tralee and An Daingean also serve Lispole.
*The Dingle Narrow Gauge Railway ran through Lispole, and today a viaduct from that line still exists. Lispole railway station opened on 1 April 1891, closed for passenger traffic on 17 April 1939, closed for goods traffic on 10 March 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 July 1953. [cite web | title=Lispole station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-11-03|format=PDF]

People

*Lispole is the birthplace of Joe Higgins a former Socialist Party TD.
*Kinard, Lispole is the birthplace of Irish Republican revolutionary Thomas Ashe (Irish: Tomás Ághas).

ee also

*List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

External links

* [http://www.kerrycoco.ie/planning/lispole.asp Kerry County Council Lispole Plan]