Lisselton () is a village in County Kerry,

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. It is located 8 km northwest of

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on the R553 road to

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. The village is part of the parish of Ballydonoghue, which is located in the north of the county. The village contains three

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s, several shops and there are two

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s in the parish.

Sport

Sporting organisations in the parish include Ballydonoghue GAA Club and Lisselton Rovers FC. Lisselton Rovers was previously based in Lisselton and played in the

Kerry District League The Kerry District League (known as the Denny Kerry District League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league featuring amateur and junior clubs from County Kerry. The KDL is a winter league run by Adrian Casey. Its top divisio ...

. The club relocated to Ballybunion and renamed themselves LB Rovers in 2012. Ballydonoghue GAA club have their own grounds at Coolard. The club has been represented on the county team on a number of occasions, providing three of the 1947 team that played in the only All Ireland final ever hosted outside of the country, the Kerry-Cavan duel played in the Polo Grounds in New York.

Amenities

The village contains three pubs (Cantillons, Tomáisín's and The Thatch Bar), a

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, a supermarket/

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and a

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s. There are about 50 houses in the village itself, and two

s in the parish. Lisselton Grotto was built in 1954, the Marian Year. It was later refurbished as part of the work carried out by members of the local FÁS scheme.

Transport

The

Lartigue Monorail The Lartigue Monorail system was developed by the French engineer Charles Lartigue (1834–1907). He further developed a horse drawn monorail system, which had been invented by Henry Robinson Palmer in 1821. Lartigue had seen camels in Algeria ...

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

Education

Lisselton National School opened in 1983. The school has approximately 134 students, five class teachers, a learning support teacher, a resource teacher and two special needs assistants. Coolard National School is the second school. Dromerin National School was the third, but it was closed in September 2012 due to dwindling numbers.

Literature

Lisselton was the birthplace of the novelist Maurice Walsh, whose most famous work was ''

The Quiet Man ''The Quiet Man'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 ''Saturday Ev ...

''. John B Keane's family were also from the area and he once remarked that it was a "throbbing vein of literary genius" running through the locality that made it easier to write than not to write. The Ballydonoghue Parish Magazine was established in the 1980s and each annual edition has articles covering issues of local relevance, including Gaelic games.

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