Lixnaw
Sign in to saveLixnaw () is a village in the north of County Kerry, Ireland. It is near the River Brick, southwest of Listowel and northeast of Tralee.
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- Lixnaw
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- ga
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- Village
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- Pub and petrol station in Lixnaw
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- Munster
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- Republic of Ireland
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Lixnaw () is a village in the north of County Kerry, Ireland. It is near the River Brick, southwest of Listowel and northeast of Tralee.
== History == 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. In 1600, Charles Wilmot and his forces garrisoned the castle and established it as their centre of operations. It was subsequently retaken by Lord Kerry who entrusted its defence to his brother Gerald, who was eventually forced to surrender the castle due to a shortage of water. Today, nothing remains of the Castle of Lixnaw. An interesting point about the Earls of Kerry is that one of the descendants William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, who was born in Dublin but was largely reared in Lixnaw (except when he was in Eton), became British Prime Minister in 1782.