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LixnawLixnaw is a village in the north of County Kerry. It is located near the River Brick, seven miles south-west of Listowel and eleven miles north-east of Tralee. Its name comes from the Irish Leac Snámha, meaning 'swimming flagstone'. Lixnaw was once the seat of the Fitzmaurice family, the Earls of Kerry. In 1320 Nicolas, the third baron of Lixnaw, erected the Castle of Lixnaw, built the old bridge, and improved the village. (Read more) |
