Lisselton is a village in County Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It is located 8 km northwest of Listowel on the R553 road to Ballybunion

Ballybunion

Ballybunion or Ballybunnion is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland, from the town of Listowel. There are castle ruins near the town, although all that remains is a single wall, and two golf courses in the area including the famous Ballybunion Golf Club, a top class Links...

. The village is part of the Parish of Ballydonoghue, which is located in the centre of North Kerry.

The village contains three pubs (Cantillons, Tomaisins and The Thatch Bar), a church, a supermarket

Supermarket

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/post office

Post office

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 and a butcher

Butcher

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s. There are about 50 houses in the village itself and a large number of new private businesses have started in the locality over the past five years. There are three primary schools in The Parish.

Leisure and sport

Ballyloughran Leisure Centre is open all year round. It is operated by Limerick

Limerick

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 Youth Service. It contains a gym, pool, sauna, steamroom and jaccuzzi.

A number of sporting organisations also exist in the parish, with Ballydonoghue GAA Club and Lisselton Rovers F.C. being the two foremost. Lisselton Rovers moved to their new facility locally known as El Stadio Del Thatchio for the 2011/12 season.

The GAA club have their own grounds at Coolard. They host a weekly GAA lottery draw, which is held every Friday night in rotation at the three pubs.

Lisselton Grotto was built in the Marian Year. It was recently refurbished as part of the work carried out by members of the local FAS scheme.

Transport

The famous Lartigue monorail

Lartigue Monorail

The Lartigue Monorail system was developed by the French engineer Charles Lartigue . He developed a horse drawn monorail system invented by Henry Robinson Palmer in 1821 further....

 passed through Lisselton from 1888 until 1924. The village now has a taxi service and a bus service.

Education

Lisselton National School opened in 1983. The School has approximately 130 students, five class teachers, a learning support teacher, a resource teacher and two special needs assistants. Other schools include Cooolard and Dromerin.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland