Lyons Hill
Lyons
Liamhain | |
|---|---|
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) 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.