🗺️ Lyons Hill

Ireland · Europe · 53.30°N, 6.54°W

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Lyons Hill or Lyons is a townland and restored village in County Kildare. At a time when canal passenger boats travelled at 3 mph (4.8 km/h), Lyons was the nearest overnight stop to Dublin on the Grand Canal. On the hilltop is a trigonometrical point used by Ireland's Ordnance Survey. The name derives from the Irish language name for an elm tree, Liamhan.

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CountryIreland
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)53.30°N, 6.54°W · view on map

Lyons Hill is located in Ireland, in Europe.

More townlands in Ireland

Abbeville, County Tipperary · Abbeyland, County Westmeath · Abbotstown (townland) · Abington (townland) · Aghabane · Aghaboe (townland) · Aghaboy, County Cavan · Aghafin · Aghagurty · Aghakinnigh.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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