Brandon Hotel

Ok this town Tralee has a lot...

by jonno99

Ok this town Tralee has a lot going for it and that doesn't just mean good shopping. Tralee is a real haven for great pubs with every street in the town centre containing its own little gem. It's worth taking the time to explore until you find your own particular favourite.

For those seeking open fires, traditional Irish music and a real old fashioned type pub, Seán Óg’s just across from Val’s is the place to be (Rock street). Further on down the road, you will find the Fiddler Bar alongside the Brandon Hotel. Here you'll find a mix of nationalities mixing with the crowd waiting for Spirals disco (Brandon) to open.

I could go on about the Grand Hotel, Bailey's corner but it's been some time so better if you check them out yourselves. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

A worthwhile trip should include Fenit where the Jeannie Johnston set sail for America. You can read all about it on this website
http://www.focuskerry.com/jeanie/index.html

Jeanie Johnston is Ireland's largest Millennium project, costing over Euro 10 million to date. The sailing ship, built at a specially constructed visitor shipyard in Blennerville, near Tralee in County Kerry, was moved in May 2000 to Fenit. The barque is an exact lifesize replica of one of Ireland's emigrant 'famine' ships; the only one to never lose the life of a passenger. Jeanie has been re-built to function as a sail training vessel, a floating museum of the famine era and an Ambassador for the island of Ireland. This has been a cross-border project, aided by trainees and young people from both North and South, and many leading politicians from all political parties in Ireland have visited the ship.
The Jeanie Johnston is a replica 19th century Irish emigrant sailing ship.
The original Jeanie Johnston was built in Quebec in 1847 and never lost a passenger during 16 trans-Atlantic voyages. The re-born Jeanie Johnston is a powerful symbol of North-South and trans-Atlantic co-operation. She will be largest Irish sailing ship afloat.

TRALEE - COUNTY KERRY

by jonno99

"TRALEE"

Ok this town has a lot going for it and that doesn't just mean good shopping. Tralee is a real haven for great pubs with every street in the town centre containing its own little gem. It's worth taking the time to explore until you find your own particular favourite.

For those seeking open fires, traditional Irish music and a real old fashioned type pub, Sean Og's just across from Val's is the place to be (Rock street). Further on down the road, you will find the Fiddler Bar alongside the Brandon Hotel. Here you'll find a mix of nationalities mixing with the crowd waiting for Spirals disco (Brandon) to open.

I could go on about the Grand Hotel, Bailey's corner but it's been some time so better if you check them out yourselves. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

A worthwhile trip should include Fenit where the Jeannie Johnston set sail for America. You can read all about it on this website
http://www.focuskerry.com/jeanie/index.html

Jeanie Johnston is Ireland's largest Millennium project, costing over Euro 10 million to date. The sailing ship, built at a specially constructed visitor shipyard in Blennerville, near Tralee in County Kerry, was moved in May 2000 to Fenit. The barque is an exact lifesize replica of one of Ireland's emigrant "famine" ships; the only one to never lose the life of a passenger. Jeanie has been re-built to function as a sail training vessel, a floating museum of the famine era and an Ambassador for the island of Ireland. This has been a cross-border project, aided by trainees and young people from both North and South, and many leading politicians from all political parties in Ireland have visited the ship.