Official Name: | Lios Póil |
Other Name: | Lispole |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
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 Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Urban: | 768 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 52.1415°N -10.163°W |
Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Footnotes: | 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.
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]