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Tralee and was
Casement — disappointed with the level of support offered by the Germans — returned to Ireland on a German U-boat and was captured upon landing at Banna Strand in Tralee Bay.
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.
Sir Edward was the first of the Dennys to settle in Tralee and we learn from a recent history of Tralee by Gerald O ' Carroll that only in 1627 did the Dennys actually occupy the castle of the earls of Desmond.
The modern layout of Tralee was created in the 19th century.
In March 1923 an infamous atrocity was carried out by Free State troops near Tralee when nine anti-treaty IRA prisoners were taken from the prison in Tralee and blown up with a land mine at nearby Ballyseedy.
Tralee railway station was opened on 18 July 1859.
* Tralee Triathlon Club was formed in 1999.
* Tralee Bicycle Club was founded in 1992.
* Tralee Rowing Club was founded in 2004 and is located near the centre of the town.
It was rapidly rebuilt in girder form due to its importance in connecting the Cork, Tralee and Dublin lines.
His father, James F. Dukes, was originally from Tralee, County Kerry and was a senior civil servant, the founding Chairman and Chief Executive of the Higher Education Authority, while his mother was from near Ballina, County Mayo.
Spring was born in Tralee, County Kerry in 1950 and was educated by the Cistercian monks at Cistercian College in Roscrea, County Tipperary, and at Trinity College, Dublin, and qualified as a barrister at King's Inns.
The festival, held annually in the town of Tralee in County Kerry, takes its inspiration from a nineteenth century ballad of the same name about a woman called Mary, who because of her beauty was called The Rose of Tralee.
In 1957, the Race Week Carnival was resurrected in Tralee, and it featured a Carnival Queen.
The founders of the organisation were: Billy Clifford-an accountant with the Rank Organisation who was one of the first recipients of the Golden Rose award ( which was inaugurated to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Festival of Kerry ); Dan Nolan, the owner of The Kerryman newspaper and involved with Tralee Races ; Jo Hussey, a shopkeeper in Tralee and Ted Healy.

Tralee and designed
Also in Ireland, Pugin designed St. Mary's Cathedral in Killarney, St. Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy ( renovated in 1996 ) and the Dominican church of the Holy Cross in Tralee.
* Tralee Golf Club is based in Barrow and the Arnold Palmer designed course is consistently voted one of the top links in the world.

Tralee and by
In March 1923, Kerry saw a series of massacres of republican prisoners by National Army soldiers in reprisal for the ambush of their men — the most notorious being the killing of eight men with mines at Ballyseedy, near Tralee.
The incident caused major international outcry when reported by the press, who wrote that near famine conditions were prevailing in Tralee by the end of the week.
Tralee is served by National Primary and Secondary roads as well as local routes.
In common with all parts of Ireland, most schools at all levels in Tralee are managed and owned by the churches.
Tralee Educate Together School is multidenominational, and is neither owned nor managed by any church.
Led by Dan Nolan, then managing director of The Kerryman newspaper, they hit on the idea of the Rose of Tralee festival.
By the side of the east bank of the Trent near the railway bridge is a large mill owned by Kerry Ingredients ( headquartered in Tralee ).
Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only 8 km from Tralee.
" Hidden " charging has been satirised by the vocal trio Fascinating Aida in a song called " Cheap Flights ", describing a fictional flight from Stansted Airport in England to Tralee in Ireland, that was especially popular at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011.
The Athenry and Tuam Extension Light Railway 27 km ( 17 mi ), Baltimore Extension Light Railway 13 km ( 8 mi ), Tralee and Fenit Railway 13 km ( 8 mi ); opened 1887 and Waterford, New Ross and Wexford Junction Railway 5 km ( 3. 25 mi ) ( leased from D & SER ) were worked by the Great Southern & Western Railway.
One of these crewmembers, Wendy Touton, suffered hypothermia and was taken by helicopter to Tralee General Hospital.
The Great Southern Trail Action Group are a non-profit group working to develop the Limerick to Tralee section as a rail trail so that everyone can explore this beautiful region in a safe, leisurely way by foot or bicycle.
The Irish railway network also connects to Cork Tralee and Dublin, with the Cork – Dublin line running by.
* April 20 – 21-The German-controlled cargo steamer, masquerading as, is intercepted by the Royal Navy and scuttled following an unsuccessful attempt to land arms for the Irish Volunteers in Tralee Bay.
Passenger services were withdrawn on 4 February 1963, although the route through Abbeydorney continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed altogether in 1977 and then to Tralee 1978.

Tralee and Sir
Sir Roger had been captured after landing from a Kaiserliche Marine U-boat on Banna Strand in Tralee Bay in north County Kerry, south-west Ireland, just a few days before the Easter Rising in late April 1916.
The following day the man who had organised the arms shipment, Sir Roger Casement, was arrested in Tralee Bay after disembarking from a German U-Boat.

Tralee and Richard
His son Arthur married Ellen Barry, granddaughter of Richard Boyle who during his life held many land titles in West Kerry and who also claimed property in Tralee.

Tralee and built
The building is built of local sandstone and houses the Kerry County Museum and a reconstruction of early Tralee.
In the mid-19th century, the sailing ship Jeanie Johnston traded out of Tralee, transporting emigrants to the USA and Canada and in 2000 a replica was built in Fenit harbour.
In 1880, Fenit harbour was built and the Harbour Board took on the name " Tralee and Fenit Pier and Harbour Board ".
* Jeanie Johnston-reconstruction: Reconstruction sailing ship built in Blennerville, Tralee and Fenit

Tralee and .
In November 1920, the Tans " besieged " Tralee in revenge for the IRA abduction and killing of two local RIC men.
The county town is Tralee.
One of the more prominent incidents in the conflict in Kerry, were the " siege of Tralee " in November 1920. when the Black and Tans placed Tralee under curfew for a week, burned many homes and shot dead a number of local people in retaliation for the IRA killing of five local policemen the night before.
An additional tier of local government exists in the three largest towns in the county, Killarney, Listowel and Tralee.
The town hosts the regional finals of the Rose of Tralee ( festival ) in June and the Halloween Howls Comedy Festival on the October bank holiday weekend.
The N21 road links Limerick with Tralee and travels through some of the main county towns such as Abbeyfeale and Newcastle West.
* Róisín Egenton, selected The Rose of Tralee in 2000.
* " The Rose of Tralee " w. C. Mordaunt Spencer m. Charles W. Glover
Parnell preferred to keep all options open without clearly committing himself when he spoke in 1879 before Irish Tenant Defence Associations at Ballinasloe and Tralee.
Tralee () is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland.
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.

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