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Lyons
Liamhain | |
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Townland | |
Coordinates: 53°17′58″N 6°33′25″W / 53.2995°N 6.557°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kildare |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Lyons Hill or Lyons (Irish: Liamhain)[1] 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.[citation needed]