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Irish Narrow Gauge - Tralee

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Tralee - T&DR

• osi 100m reference: Q838146, map DM071
• Tralee - in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of 1842
• track diagram: [DTDGR d-5-p22- ]
• basin: see: Basin
• photos: [INGV1: b-7-p45-1914 b-7-p47-1901.09.03 b-7-p47-1914.07.24 b-7-p47-1914.07.24 ]
  [DTDGR b-4-p92-1938 b-5-p107- b-5-p120-1948 b-5-p121-1954 b-5-p122- b-5-p122-1953 b-5-p6-1891 b-5-p60-1901 b-5-p67-1950.06 b-5-p81-1934 b-5-p86- b-5-p89-1907 b-6-p27-1950.06 b-6-p27-1951.07 b-6-p27-1951.07 b-6-p28- b-6-p29-1940.04.11 ]
• engine shed: [INGV1: b-5-p46- b-5-p46-1914 b-7-p46- b-7-p48-1950.07.06 b-7-p45-1914.07.24 b-7-p48- ]
  [DTDGR b-4-p93-1949.10 b-6-p138-1948 b-6-p29- b-6-p29-1950.07 b-6-p77- ]
  [CLRLD: b-5-p29-1914 ]
• signal: [INGV1: b-7-p47-1914.07.24 ]
• station: [DTDGR b-5-p10-1939 ]
• turntable: [DTDGR b-5-p86-1931 ]
• yard: [DTDGR b-5-p10-1953 b-5-p11-1952 b-5-p74-1924 ]
• Cassell's 1899:

  Tralee (== the Strand of the Lee or Leigh), parish, seaport, and Union and market town (Tuesday & Saturday), Trughanacmy barony, West county Kerry, Ireland, about 20 miles north by west of Killarney. Tralee formerly sent two members to the Irish Parliament, but at the Union the representation was reduced to one, and in 1885 it was merged in that of the county. Tralee has Protestant and Catholic churches, places of worship of other religious bodies, and good elementary and secondary schools. A ship canal has been constructed from Tralee Harbour to the town by which vessels up to 250 tons can discharge in the town. The principal public buildings are the Chamber of Commerce, the Courthouse, the gaol, barracks, hospital, and workhouse. The fisheries are important, and Tralee has over 600 fishing-boats registered. There is a large export in grain, and a considerable quantity of barley is converted into malt and shipped to Cork and Dublin. The coal, iron and timber trades are of consequence. Montly fairs are held, and in addition there are fortnightly pig-fairs. Population (parish) : 8,734. Population (town) : 9,318. Tralee Bay, inlet of the Atlantic, West county Kerry, Ireland. It is entered from the Atlantic between Kerry Head and the Hog Islands, at the extremity of the narrow neck of land dividing it from Brandon Bay ; it is about 6 miles wide at the mouth, but contracted to 4¾ by the island of Fenit, below which, on the east, by the Samphire islands, is the inner portion known as Tralee harbour, from which is the ship canal to the town.