Tralee

Tralee ( Irish: Trá Lí ) is the capital of the county Kerry in the southwest of Ireland.

Economy

Tralee is the head office of the Kerry Group, an international company mainly engaged in food production, as well as a large hospital for most of the environment including the Dingle Peninsula.

Traffic

The Tralee Train Station is the endpoint of a line from Dublin. He is also the west gelegenste Europe.

Culture

The town is renowned especially for the festival " Rose of Tralee " and about eighty pubs. Another highlight is the Kerry County Museum tire in the Ashe Memorial Hall and the National Folk Theatre, Siamsa.

From Tralee you get to the Dingle Peninsula and the Ring of Kerry to the Killarney National Park.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Austin Stack (1879-1929), politician of Sinn Féin and athletes
• Dick Spring ( b. 1950 ), lawyer, athlete, politician and Member of Parliament
• William Crean ( b. 1951 ), Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland )
• Aisling O'Sullivan ( born 1968 ), actress
• Rea Garvey (born 1973 ), singer, songwriter and guitarist
• Paul Griffin (born 1973 ), cyclist
• Paul Griffin ( born 1979 ), rower and cross-country skiers