Tralee is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland.
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16 Facts About Tralee
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Tralee is well known for the Rose of Tralee International Festival, which has been held annually in August since 1959.
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Tralee died in 1646, before the triumph of Oliver Cromwell over affairs in England and Ireland.
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Tralee granted "the circuit of the Abbey" to the corporation set up under the charter, in return for the fees of the town clerk.
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In March 1923 Free State troops took nine anti-treaty IRA prisoners from the prison in Tralee and blew them up with a land mine at nearby Ballyseedy.
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Climate of Tralee is, like the rest of Ireland, classified as a maritime temperate climate according to the Koppen climate classification system.
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Tralee had a town council with twelve members until the 2014 local elections were held on 23 May 2014.
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The Municipal District of Tralee has seven seats on Kerry County Council with the following councillors returned after the Local Elections in 2019.
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Tralee is a tourism destination, and there are a number of visitor attractions in the area:.
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Tralee is served by National Primary and Secondary roads as well as local routes.
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Tralee Dynamos is Tralee's most senior soccer club, playing in the Kerry District League.
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Tralee Bay Sailing Club and Tralee Bay Swimming Club are both based in Fenit.
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Tralee is twinned with Westlake, Ohio and Holyoke, Massachusetts, both in the United States.
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Tralee has a twinning arrangement with Beit Sahur in Palestine.
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