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Bed and Breakfasts in Tralee, County Kerry
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Tralee, County Kerry Bed and Breakfast
Tralee (Irish: Trá Lí is the county town of County Kerry, in the southwest corner of Ireland. The name Tralee comes from the Irish 'Trá Lí', or 'Trá Laoi', which means 'strand of the Lee' (river), although some believe it comes from the Irish 'Trá Liath' meaning 'grey strand'. The town is situated on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula. Tralee is the largest town in Kerry and is home to a selection of quality bed and breakfast's The town's population including suburbs was 22,744 in the 2006 census. Book a Bed and Breakfast in Tralee online for best rates and availability!
History
Situated at the confluence of some small rivers and adjacent to marshy ground at the head of Tralee Bay, Tralee is located at the base of a very ancient roadway that heads south over the Slieve Mish Mountains. On this old track is located a large boulder sometimes called Scotia's Grave, reputedly the burial place of an Egyptian Pharaoh's daughter. The Norman town was founded in the 13th century by Anglo-Normans and was a stronghold of the Earls of Desmond. A medieval castle and Dominican order Friary were located in the town. The mediaeval town was burnt in 1580 in retribution for the Desmond Rebellions against Elizabeth I. Tralee was granted to Edward Denny by Elizabeth I in 1587 and recognised by royal charter in 1613.
The name Edward recurs in the Denny family. In May 1795 the heir to the Denny estate, Sir Edward Denny, married Elizabeth Day, whose father (the future Judge Day) thereupon became principal trustee of the Denny estate. He restored the estate to solvency and provided for the succession rights to the estate with the Denny Act of Parliament (1806): this was necessary as Edward's predecessor, his brother Barry, was shot in a duel in 1794, and as he and his wife were childless to that point his death transferred the possibility of successors to his brother Sir Alice. Sir Edward Denny, 4th Baronet was a notable landlord in his day: especially during the time of the Great Famine when instead of increasing his rents as so many landlords did at that time he maintained rents to suit his tenants. He was a notable Plymouth Brother.
Judge Day authored famous diaries of that period as well as charges to Irish grand juries, which he published during his life. A monument commemorating the 1798 rebellion - a statue of a Pikeman by Albert Power - stands in Denny Street. The modern layout of Tralee was created in the 19th century. Denny Street, a wide Georgian street was completed in 1826 on the site of the old castle. Tralee courthouse was designed by Sir Richard Morrison and built in 1835. It has a monument of two cannons commemorating those Kerrymen who died in the Crimean War (1854–56) and the Indian Rebellion (1857). The Ashe Memorial Hall sits at one end of Denny Street, dedicated to the memory of Thomas Ashe - an Irish Volunteers officer in the Easter Rising of 1916. The building is built of local sandstone and houses the Kerry Museum and a reconstruction of early Tralee.
Tourism
Tralee is a major tourism destination and has seen some €55 million of tourism investment over the past several years. The town has developed a range of quality all weather visitor attractions. Tralee is also famous for the Rose of Tralee International Festival which is held annually in August. If you are planning to travel to Tralee, County Kerry it is advisable to book your bed and breakfast accommodation in advance. Book online at Town and Country Homes for excellent rates and instant confirmation.
Places of interest
Kerry County Museum – incorporating the theme park 'Kerry: The Kingdom' and an exhibit which depicts life in medieval Geraldine Tralee.
Siamsa Tire-Folk theatre – offering traditional music and plays in Irish.
Blennerville Windmill located about 2 km outside the town, Ireland's largest still functioning windmill.
Tralee Aquadome – A large indoor water leisure facility with a mini-golf course, located near Fels point, just off the Dan Spring road, at the Western exit from the town. The Sliabh Mish mountain range acts as a pretty backdrop to the site.
Tralee-Dingle Railway – Departures also take place from the Aquadome site for trips on the restored part of the old Tralee to Dingle Railway. Local enthusiasts have brought back an original Hunslet steam engine from the USA to relive the days when the Tralee to Dingle line carried goods and passengers along the famous narrow-gauge picturesque route before it was finally closed in 1953. Visitors can take a short train ride in carriages imported from Spain pulled by the puffing Hunslet a few kilometres out to the Tralee Bay village of Blennerville. Here the restored Blennerville Windmill and Museum house a fascinating look into Tralee's historical past as a gateway to the new world in the 19th century. Nearby the Windmill stands the yard where the Jeanie Johnston wooden sailing ship replica was completed in 2002. The new Jeanie Johnston ship is now based in Dublin city docklands.
Archaeological sites
Casement's Fort – an ancient Ring Fort where Roger Casement was hiding when arrested.
Sheela na Gig – now located in the Christian Round Tower at Rattoo, a few km north of Tralee.
Monument to Saint Brendan the Navigator at Fenit – with reproductions of ancient Irish structures
Cathair Cun Rí – Iron Age Fort overlooking Tralee Bay
Transport
Roads
Tralee is served by National Primary and Secondary roads as well as local routes.
Rail
There is a train service to Killarney, Cork and Dublin operated by the national railway operator Iarnród Éireann. Tralee railway station, originally named Tralee South, was opened on 18 July 1859.
Bus
A dedicated bus terminal was built in 2007. Tralee bus station is a regional hub for Bus Éireann who provide bus connections to Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Cork, Killarney and to Dingle.
Air
Kerry International Airport located in Farranfore between Tralee and Killarney provides air services to Dublin, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester and Frankfurt Hahn.
Sea
The local port for Tralee is Fenit, about 10 km west of the town on the north side of the estuary. Catering for ships of up to 17,000 tonnes, the port is a picturesque mixed-use harbour with fishing boats and a thriving marina (136 berths).
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