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TRALEE , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town and seaport, and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county town of Co. See also:

KERRY

Kerry, See also:

Ireland, on the Ballymullen or See also:

Leigh See also:

RIVER

River, about a mile from its mouth in Tralee See also:

BAY

Bay, and on the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern & Western railway. Pop. (1901), 9687. A See also:

SHIP

ship See also:

canal, permitting the passage of See also:

SHIPS

ships of 200 tons See also:

BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden, connects it with Tralee Bay. Large vessels See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge at Fenit, 8 m. westward, where there is a See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier connected with Tralee by See also:

RAIL

rail. See also:

COAL

Coal, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

TIMBER

timber are imported, and there is a considerable export of See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain. There is a large See also:

trade in See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter. See also:

RAILWAYS

Railways serve the neighbouring seaside watering-places of Ballybunnion and Castlegregory, and the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast scenery of this See also:

PART

part is See also:

GRAND

grand and varied. Four See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

north-See also:

west of Tralee is Ardfert, with its See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, one of the See also:

OLDEST

oldest See also:

FOUNDATIONS

foundations in Ireland, now See also:

UNITED

united to the see of See also:

LIMERICK

Limerick. St See also:

BRENDAN, BRANDON

Brendan was its See also:

ORIGINAL

original founder, and it had once a university. A neighbouring See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower See also:

fell in 1870.

Seven miles north of this again is the See also:

FINE

fine round See also:

LOWER

lower of Rattoo. Tralee, anciently Traleigh, the " strand of the Leigh," owes its origin to the See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a Dominican monastery in 1213 by See also:

John Fitz-See also:

Thomas, of the Geraldine See also:

FAMILY

family. During the reign of See also:

Elizabeth it was in the See also:

possession of See also:

EARL

Earl See also:

Desmond, on whose See also:

FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

forfeiture it came into possession of the Dennys. At the See also:

time of the See also:

REBELLION

rebellion in 1641 the See also:

ENGLISH

English families in the neighbourhood asked to be placed in the See also:

castle under the See also:

charge of See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

EDWARD

Edward Denny, but during his See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence a surrender was made. The town was incorporated by See also:

James I., and returned two members to the Irish See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament. Though disfranchised at the See also:

Union in 1800, it obtained the See also:

PRIVILEGE

privilege of returning one member in 1832, but in 1885 it was merged in the county See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division. It is governed by an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

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