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3 unusual facts about Tralee


Chief Justice of Munster

Given the chronic disturbances in Elizabethan Munster the office could be a hazardous one: there was a serious disturbance in Tralee in 1579 in which several officials were killed.

Hillbilly's

Today the chain has nine locations throughout Ireland, including three restaurants in Cork, and restaurants in Derry, Dublin, Ennis, Letterkenny, Tralee, and Waterford.

Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa

He has worked both as a primary and secondary teacher, and in 1978 helped found a Gaelscoil, Scoil Lán-Ghaeilge Mhic Easmainn, in Tralee.


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Bon Secours Hospital, Cork

It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which includes hospitals in Dublin, Galway, and Tralee.

Brandon, County Kerry

The Maharees, a sandy peninsula between Brandon Bay and Tralee Bay is where most windsurfing activity is based.

Chicago Rose of Tralee

Once a Rose qualifies at the Regional Selection, they will return to Ireland for the final Rose of Tralee selection in August in Tralee, in County Kerry, Ireland in hopes of being crowned the International Rose of Tralee during the events live televised broadcast.

Daniel O'Daly

He became a Dominican in Tralee, in County Kerry; took his vows in Lugo, studied at Burgos (both in Spain), where he assumed the name Dominic de Rosario, gained his doctorate of theology in Bordeaux and returned as priest to Tralee.

Fahamore

In the winter there is a managed fishery in Tralee Bay for the European oyster (Ostrea edulis).

Frank Fahy

Fahy qualified as a barrister in 1927 at King's Inns, Dublin and also taught at the Christian Brothers school in Tralee.

Jeanie Johnston

The cost of the project was borne by the Irish government, Kerry County Council, Tralee Town Council, the European Union, the American Ireland Fund, Shannon Development, Kerry Group, the FÁS, and the Irish Department of the Marine, most of which later agreed to write off their losses.

Kevin McCourt

He was born 14 April 1915 in Tralee, County Kerry, second son among three sons and one daughter of John McCourt, originally of Banbridge, County Down, clerk with the congested districts board at Tralee, and later a distributor with Argosy Libraries, and Mary Christina McCourt (née Small) of Co.

Michaela

Michaela McAreavey (1983–2011), Ulster Rose of Tralee 2004 and daughter of Mickey Harte

South Staffordshire Regiment

The 2nd Battalion (the former 80th) was stationed in India in 1881, soon moving to Tralee in Ireland, where it was involved in actions against Irish nationalists.

The Driven

One of these included entering the band in the 1988 Heineken Search for a Star competition which was held during the Rose of Tralee festival.

Thomas Nossiter

In 1991 he was appointed an Honorary Citizen of Trá Lí (Tralee), Contae Chiarraí (County Kerry) in recognition of his endeavours in the field.

William Vitruvius Morrison

His public buildings include Carlow County Court House (1828),Tralee County Court House, County Kerry (1828) and the Ross Monument, Rostrevor, County Down (1826), commemorating Major-General Robert Ross (1766–1814).


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