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TRALEE , a See also:market See also:town and seaport, and the See also:county town of Co . See also:Kerry, See also:Ireland, on the Ballymullen or See also:Leigh See also:River, about a mile from its mouth in Tralee See also:Bay, and on the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway . Pop . (1901), 9687 . A See also:ship See also:canal, permitting the passage of See also:ships of 200 tons See also:burden, connects it with Tralee Bay . Large vessels See also:discharge at Fenit, 8 m. westward, where there is a See also:pier connected with Tralee by See also:rail . See also:Coal, See also:iron and See also:timber are imported, and there is a considerable export of See also:grain . There is a large See also:trade in See also:butter . See also:Railways serve the neighbouring seaside watering-places of Ballybunnion and Castlegregory, and the See also:coast scenery of this See also:part is See also:grand and varied . Four See also:miles See also:north-See also:west of Tralee is Ardfert, with its See also:cathedral, one of the See also:oldest See also:foundations in Ireland, now See also:united to the see of See also:Limerick . St See also:Brendan was its See also:original founder, and it had once a university . A neighbouring See also:round See also:tower See also:fell in 1870 .
Seven miles north of this again is the See also:fine round See also:lower of Rattoo
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Tralee, anciently Traleigh, the " strand of the Leigh," owes its origin to the See also:foundation of a Dominican monastery in 1213 by See also: |
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