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The castle had been destroyed in 1691 for a fourth time and rebuilt as a manor house. Tralee Castle was a medieval strategic castle in Tralee, Kerry, owned by the Denny family from 1586. It is now a ruin. [1] The castle was built by the Desmond family, likely in the mid-thirteenth century at a similar time to the constriction of the nearby ...
Kerry County Museum (Irish: Príomh-Mhúsaem Chiarraí) is a museum located in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. The museum is based in the Ashe Memorial Hall, formerly also known as the Urban Council Chambers [1] in the centre of Tralee. The aim of the museum is to collect, record, preserve and display the material heritage of County Kerry.
Tralee Town Park: Tralee has a town park located in the town centre (opposite the Kerry County Museum) with a rose garden comprising over 5,000 roses of different varieties. The park is the location for the annual Féile na mBláth / Tralee Garden Festival – a free midsummer weekend festival of gardening demonstrations, flower arranging ...
A Pictorial History of Tralee by Russell McMorran and Maurice O'Keeffe. Kingdom Printers Ltd. (2005) ISBN 0-9543274-3-8 The Dingle Peninsula - 18 walks Through its Heritage by Maurice Sheehy.
website, life of Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory, local history Kiltimagh Museum: Kiltimagh: Mayo: Connacht: West: Local: Local history and culture, located in a former railway station King House: Boyle: Roscommon: Connacht: West: Historic house: website, early-18th-century Georgian mansion with audio-visual dioramas of local history King John's ...
Tralee Town Park (Irish: Páirc Bhaile Thrá Lí) or known locally as "The Green" is a public park located in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Covering an area of 35 acres it is one of the largest urban public parks in Ireland. It is located in the heart of Tralee off Denny Street and adjacent to the Kerry County Museum.
The heart of rebellion still remained though, for in February 1642 Tadhg O'Donoghue and his three sons, Geoffrey, Tadhg and Daniel participated in the siege of Tralee Castle. [ 9 ] : 9 In 1643, Geoffrey the Poet became Chief.
In 1653 he restored the family seat at Tralee Castle after it had been damaged in the Irish Confederate Wars. [1] He was the High Sheriff of Kerry in 1656 and was the Member of Parliament for County Kerry in the Irish House of Commons from 1661 to 1666. In 1669 he was appointed Vice-Admiral of Munster.