Tralee Bay (Irish:Loch Foirdhreamhain / Cuan Thrá Lí) is located in on the west coast of County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated between Kerry Head on the north side and the Maharees on the west and extends eastwards as far as the bridge at Blennerville. Several small rivers feed into the bay through the town of Tralee. Villages around the bay include; Ballyheigue, Fenit, Kilfinora, Spa, Blennerville, Camp and Castlegregory.
General information
The hinterland of Tralee Bay is rich in historic content covering most major eras in the origins and development of the Island and the Nation, from the mythological history, social and industrial development to relatively recent political evolution. In conjunction with Barrow Harbour, the following list of people, items, places and events are indicative and relevant;
Tralee (/træ.ˈliː/; Irish:Trá Lí (formerly Tráigh Lí), meaning "strand of the Lee (river)") is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in County Kerry. The town's population including suburbs was 23,693 as of the 2011 census making it the 7th largest town, and 13th largest urban settlement in Ireland. Tralee is well known for the Rose of Tralee International Festival which has been held annually in August since 1959.
History
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. On this old track is located a large boulder sometimes called Scotia's Grave, reputedly the burial place of an Egyptian Pharaoh's daughter.
Anglo-Normans founded a town in the 13th century, which became a stronghold of the Earls of Desmond, who built a castle. John Fitz-Thomas FitzGerald founded the monastery of the Dominican order and was buried there in 1260. The medieval town was burnt in 1580 in retribution for the Desmond Rebellions against Elizabeth I.
1689: Maurice Hussey and James Hackett (Members of the Patriot Parliament)
1692–1801
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Elections
References
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons() cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
Tralee was a constituency in Ireland of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. The borough constituency continued to be represented until it was disfranchised in 1885.
The list below includes a line for every UK Parliament election held in the constituency, even if the incumbent MP was re-elected.
Note:-
a Member of the former Parliament of Ireland chosen by lot to sit in the UK House of Commons from 1801.
Elections
See also
Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Historic constituency names
References
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
If the word “shark” conjures images of the torpedo-shaped great white, imagine instead something different ...Ross is part of a publicly funded project that seeks to fill the many gaps in knowledge about these sharks’ movements in and out of Tralee Bay.
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... of bite as the team go shark hunting in Tralee Bay in Co Kerry with a group of researchers on a mission to track and tag some of the 71 different species of shark, skate and ray to be found here.
Two critically-endangered angel sharks have been captured, fitted with electronic tags and released in Tralee Bay in Co Kerry, allowing scientists to track their movements and habitats for a year.
Two critically endangered angel sharks have been tagged by local fishermen and Marine Institute scientists in Tralee Bay, Co Kerry... tag a male and a female angel shark caught recently in Tralee Bay.
Time away in Kerry with the family is only complete with a bit of weather ... It feels remote and out of this world, but it is just a few kilometres from Castlegregory, with views of Brandon Bay, Tralee Bay and the Maharees ... All around us is colour ... .
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